Books like Cold Comfort Farm
12 books with a reading profile close to Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons. Clear-cut; a moderate read.
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The Canterville Ghost
by Oscar Wilde
accessible, literary
Sir Simon de Canterville is a sixteenth-century spirit who has successfully terrified the residents of Canterville Chase for three hundred years.
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The Happy Prince
by Oscar Wilde
accessible, literary
High above a city stands the gilded statue of the Happy Prince, a monument adorned with gold leaf, sapphires, and a ruby.
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The Phantom Tollbooth
accessible, literary
Milo is a boy suffering from a chronic sense of boredom until a mysterious toy tollbooth appears in his room.
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A Man Without a Country
accessible, literary
This collection of short essays serves as a final public address on the state of American life and the health of the planet.
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Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Also clear-cut · accessible, literary
Karana, a young Nicoleño girl, lives on San Nicolas Island off the coast of California during the early nineteenth century.
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Three Sunsets and Other Poems
literary, classic literature
Published posthumously in 1898, this collection gathers Lewis Carroll's serious and romantic verse, moving away from the nonsense rhyme found in his famous novels.
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The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
accessible, literary
Ponyboy Curtis lives on the east side of town, where being a Greaser means constant conflict with the wealthy Socs.
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9
The Pearl
accessible, literary
Kino, a poor diver in a coastal Mexican village, discovers a massive pearl that he believes will secure his family’s future and provide medical treatment for his son, Coyotito.
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Why To kill a mockingbird matters
accessible, literary
Tom Santopietro examines the cultural history of Harper Lee’s novel and its 1962 film adaptation, analyzing how both works shaped American perceptions of justice and race.
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By the book
Also clear-cut · accessible, literary
This collection compiles sixty-five interviews from the New York Times Book Review column, featuring writers such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Neil Gaiman, and David Sedaris.
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The Body
by Stephen King
accessible, literary
Four twelve-year-old boys in a small Maine town in 1960, Gordie, Chris, Teddy and Vern, set off along the railroad tracks to find the body of a missing boy, Ray Brower, who was hit by a train.
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