Books like Dream days
12 books with a reading profile close to Dream days by Kenneth Grahame, Ernest H. Shepard. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
The Book of Longings
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Ana is the daughter of a wealthy advisor to Herod Antipas, living in a patriarchal society that forbids women from reading and writing.
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2
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
narrative, literary
Alexandra Bergson, a Swedish-American immigrant in late nineteenth-century Nebraska, inherits her father’s struggling farm amid a harsh prairie landscape.
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3
Empire Falls
narrative, literary
Miles Roby manages the Empire Grill, a greasy spoon in a decaying Maine logging town owned by the wealthy Whiting family.
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4
Silver Sparrow
by Tayari Jones
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Dana Yarboro knows her father, James Witherspoon, has another family.
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5
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
This collection centers on Ebenezer Scrooge, a parsimonious financier in Victorian London who views charity as a waste of resources.
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6
The Old Curiosity Shop
narrative, literary
Nell Trent lives in a London warehouse filled with dusty antiquities, cared for by her grandfather.
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7
The Red Badge of Courage
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Henry Fleming is a young Union private during the American Civil War who enlists with romanticized visions of heroic combat.
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8
Evangeline
narrative, literary
Set in 1755 during the Expulsion of the Acadians, this epic poem follows the separation of two lovers, Evangeline Bellefontaine and Gabriel Lajeunesse.
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9
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Jim Burden moves to the Nebraska frontier to live with his grandparents, where he befriends Ántonia Shimerda, the eldest daughter of Bohemian immigrants.
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10
The Enchanted April
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Living in the persistent grey of 1920s London, Lotty Wilkins and Rose Arbuthnot answer a classified advertisement for a month-long rental at an Italian castle.
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11
Hag-Seed
narrative, literary
Felix Phillips is a theater director ousted from his festival job by a treacherous associate.
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12
Peace Like a River
by Leif Enger
narrative, literary
Set in 1962 Minnesota, the story follows eleven-year-old Reuben Land, an asthmatic boy who believes his father, Jeremiah, performs literal miracles.
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