9 must-read historical books like Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

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Anne of Windy Poplars

By: L.M. Montgomery

3.98

Format: 350 pages, Audio CD

Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away …

If you liked the historical plot in Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The adventures of Laura Ingalls and her family continue as they leave their little house on the pra… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Mary was too scared to move. Laura was too scared to stand to still."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"Snow as fine and grainy as sugar covered the windows in and sifted off to the floor and did not melt."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"When gloomy clouds across the sky Cast shadows o'er the land, Bright rays of hope illumine my path, For Jesus holds my hand."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

"All day the storm lasted. The windows were white and the wind never stopped howling and screaming. It was pleasant in the warm house. Laura and Mary did their lessons, then Pa played the fiddle while…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

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2. No Spot on Earth More Lovely: The Landscapes that Inspired Anne of Green Gables

By: Catherine Reid , Kerry Michaels

3.91

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Anne of Green Gablesis a worldwide phenomenon that has sold over fifty million copies and inspired … read more

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3. Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls and her family live deep in the Big Woods of Wisconsin. Their log cabin is surrounded… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.50

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen-year-old Laura lives apart from her family for the first time, teaching school in a claim s… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Little Men (Little Women, #2) by Louisa May Alcott, James Spanfeller

5. Little Men (Little Women, #2)

By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. Kindred Spirit: A Biography of L. M. Montgomery, Creator of Anne of Green Gables

By: Catherine M. Andronik

3.52

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A clear-eyed, fascinating look at the life of Maud Montgomery--the author of the Anne of Green Gabl… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
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7. Mansfield Park

By: Jane Austen

3.87

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Taken from the poverty of her parents' home in Portsmouth, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich … read more

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  • historical
  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I was quiet, but I was not blind."

-Jane Austen, Mansfield Park

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8. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

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9. Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.02

Format: 288 pages, School & Library Binding

Anne Shirley has left Redmond College behind to begin a new job and a new chapter of her life away … read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"…hate's got to be a disease with me."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

"We always hate people who surprise our secrets…"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

"A cold in the head in June is an immoral thing..."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

"Today has been a day dropped out of June into April."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables, #4)

10. By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House, #5)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.61

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

Laura and her family are head to the Dakota Territory for a chance to own their own land--and stop … read more

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11. A Little Princess

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett , Nancy Bond

4.03

Format: None pages, Paperback

Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary … read more

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12. The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.17

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

On the empty winter prairie, gray clouds to the northwest meant only one thing: a blizzard was seco… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"These times are too progressive. Everything has changed too fast. Railroads and telegraphs and kerosene and coal stoves -- they're good to have but the trouble is, folks get to depend on 'em."

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Beyond them the darkness was like a mist thickening over a flat, white world. Stars twinkled far away around part of its rim. Before him, the black storm climbed rapidly up the sky and in silence des…"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

"Laura said faintly, 'I thought God takes care of us.' 'He does,' Pa said, 'so far as we do what's right. And He gives us a conscience and brains to know what's right. But He leaves it to us to do as …"

-Laura Ingalls Wilder, The Long Winter (Little House, #6)

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13. Heidi

By: Johanna Spyri , Beverly Cleary , None

4.03

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Little orphan Heidi goes to live high in the Alps with her gruff grandfather and brings happiness t… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"...if you take big steps and climb with all your little might!"

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"Let's enjoy the beautiful things we can see, my dear, and not think about those we cannot."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"we could not pray for anything any more, because we would feel that He always knows of something better."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

"God does not give us what we ask for, even when we pray and pray and pray, if He knows there is something better for us."

-Johanna Spyri, Heidi

14. Emma

By: Jane Austen , Fiona Stafford

4.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

'I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall.' Beaut… read more

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15. Jo's Boys (Little Women, #3)

By: Louisa May Alcott

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Beginning ten years after Little Men, Jo's Boys revisits Plumfield, the New England school still pr… read more

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16. Farmer Boy (Little House, #3)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

5.00

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Growing up on his family's farm in New York, Almanzo Wilder wishes for just one thing--his very own… read more

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17. Little Town on the Prairie (Little House, #7)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.25

Format: 512 pages, Paperback

The long winter is finally over, and with spring comes a new job for Laura, town parties, and more … read more

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18. Lucy Maud Montgomery: The Gift of Wings

By: Mary Henley Rubio

1.33

Format: 397 pages, Hardcover

Mary Henley Rubio has spent over two decades researching Montgomery's life, and has put together a … read more

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19. Before Green Gables

By: Budge Wilson

4.00

Format: 131 pages,

A must-read for generations of book lovers. This remarkable and heart-warming prequel to the classi… read more

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20. The First Four Years (Little House, #9)

By: Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.62

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Laura Ingalls Wilder is beginning life with her new husband, Almanzo, in their own little house. La… read more

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21. Marilla of Green Gables

By: Sarah McCoy

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A bold, heartfelt tale of life at Green Gables . . . before Anne: A marvelously entertaining and mo… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Keep yourself open to unexpected blessings, dear."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"There was power in knowledge. Like the gears of a steam engine, the more active knowledge was, the more force it produced."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Human hearts are full of strife. It's a fallen world, my dears. We can only do our best to establish safe havens where we can."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

"Just take a deep breath and go on in there with your head held high. Look for good things and good things [are] what you'll find..."

-Sarah McCoy, Marilla of Green Gables

10 Best fiction books like Anne of Windy Poplars by L.M. Montgomery

Transform Your Habits

On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

Transform Your Habits

These Happy Golden Years (Little House, #8)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

3.50

Transform Your Habits

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Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

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14 Top fiction books like Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth Williams

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Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

L.M. Montgomery

4.31

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Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)

Laura Ingalls Wilder , Garth Williams

4.18

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Kate DiCamillo , Chris Sheban

3.00

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Roger Lea MacBride , David Gilleece

4.00

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