Books like The Red Badge of Courage
12 books with a reading profile close to The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. Thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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Mademoiselle Fifi
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set during the Prussian occupation of France in the 1870s, this collection centers on the titular novella about a cruel Prussian officer nicknamed Mademoiselle Fifi for his effeminate mannerisms.
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The Little Mermaid
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In this fairy tale, a teenage mermaid saves a human prince from a shipwreck and falls in love with him.
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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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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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Silver Sparrow
by Tayari Jones
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Dana Yarboro knows her father, James Witherspoon, has another family.
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Home Fire
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Isma Pasha raises her younger twin siblings, Aneeka and Parvaiz, in London after their jihadist father dies in transit to Guantanamo Bay.
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Bless Me, Ultima
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Six-year-old Antonio Márez grows up in a New Mexico village in the 1940s, in a household divided between his father's wandering family and his mother's farming one.
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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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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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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
Set along the Mississippi River in the mid-19th century, these interconnected novels follow the lives of two boys navigating the constraints of antebellum society.
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Galatea
Also thought-provoking · narrative, literary
In this short story, a statue carved from ivory is granted life by a goddess, becoming the wife of her creator, Pygmalion.
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Hamlet: Screenplay, Introduction And Film Diary
narrative, literary
This volume provides the complete shooting script for Kenneth Branagh’s 1996 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s tragedy.
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