Books like Annie on My Mind
12 books with a reading profile close to Annie on My Mind by Nancy Garden. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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1
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain records her family’s life within a decaying English castle during the 1930s.
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2
Anne of the Island
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Anne Shirley leaves her teaching post in Avonlea to pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree at Redmond College in Kingsport.
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3
A Room with a View
by E.M. Forster
romance, narrative
Lucy Honeychurch, a young Englishwoman traveling in Italy under the strict supervision of her cousin Charlotte, encounters the unconventional Emancipated Mr.
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4
Good wives
romance, narrative
In this sequel to Little Women, the March sisters transition from childhood into the responsibilities of Victorian adulthood.
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5
Loveless
by Alice Oseman
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Georgia Warr begins her first year at university with a checklist for the perfect romance, yet she feels a distinct disconnect from the sexual and romantic urges her peers describe.
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Gone With the Wind
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · romance, narrative
Scarlett O'Hara begins as the pampered daughter of a Georgia plantation owner, but her world collapses during the American Civil War and the subsequent Reconstruction era.
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The Price of Salt
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Therese Belivet is a nineteen-year-old stage designer working a temporary retail job at Frankenberg’s department store in Manhattan.
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The Price of Salt
Also inward-looking · romance, narrative
Therese Belivet works as a temporary shop assistant in a Manhattan department store when she meets Carol Aird, an elegant suburban mother purchasing a doll for her daughter.
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9
Christy
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, classic literature
In 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves her comfortable home to teach at a mission school in Cutter Gap, a poverty-stricken community in the Great Smoky Mountains.
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10
North and South
romance, narrative
Margaret Hale, a clergyman’s daughter, is uprooted from the genteel landscapes of southern England when her father moves the family to the industrial northern town of Milton.
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11
Corelli’s Mandolin
romance, narrative
Set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Second World War, the narrative follows Pelagia, the strong-willed daughter of a local physician, and Captain Antonio Corelli, an officer in the occupying Italian army.
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12
The Echo of Old Books
Also clear-cut · romance, narrative
Rare book dealer Ashlyn Greer possesses a psychometric gift that allows her to feel the emotional echoes of previous owners through their physical copies.
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