Books like To Kill a Mockingbird
12 books with a reading profile close to To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Deep, contemplative and thought-provoking; a moderate read.
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1
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck, J. Steinbeck
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, accessible
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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Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
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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3
The Body
by Stephen King
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
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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4
Charlotte’s Web
by E.B. White
Also contemplative and thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
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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5
The Pearl
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
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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6
Animal Farm
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, accessible
On Manor Farm, a group of overworked animals rebels against their negligent human owner, Mr.
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7
The Phantom Tollbooth
narrative, accessible
Milo is a boy suffering from a chronic sense of boredom until a mysterious toy tollbooth appears in his room.
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8
The Outsiders
by S.E. Hinton
Also contemplative · narrative, accessible
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 House on Mango Street
Also thought-provoking · narrative, accessible
The House on Mango Street follows Esperanza Cordero, a young Chicana girl navigating a poverty-stricken neighborhood in Chicago.
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10
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
Also contemplative and 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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11
Bless Me, Ultima
Also contemplative and 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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12
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
Also deep and contemplative · narrative, literary
A retired colonel in a small Colombian town has waited fifteen years for the pension he was promised after serving in a civil war.
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