Books like The Golden Age
12 books with a reading profile close to The Golden Age by Kenneth Grahame, Ernest H. Shepard. Contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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The Happy Prince
by Oscar Wilde
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · 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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Cold Comfort Farm
accessible, literary
Following the death of her parents, the sensible and urbanely refined Flora Poste moves to Sussex to live with her eccentric relatives, the Starkadders, at the decaying Cold Comfort Farm.
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The Body
by Stephen King
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · 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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5
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 Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
Also contemplative · 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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Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · accessible, literary
Set in the summer of 1952 in Green Town, Illinois, the narrative follows twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding as he awakens to the conscious realization that he is alive.
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8
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · accessible, literary
Set in the Alabama town of Maycomb during the Great Depression, the story follows young Scout Finch and her brother Jem.
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9
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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Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · accessible, literary
After Fern Arable saves a runt pig named Wilbur from her father’s axe, the animal is moved to a nearby farm where he faces an eventual winter slaughter.
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11
The Pearl
Also thought-provoking · 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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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck, J. Steinbeck
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · accessible, literary
Set during the Great Depression in California’s Salinas Valley, the story follows George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced ranch hands seeking manual labor.
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