5 must-read childrens books like Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Cover of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Little Women

By: Louisa May Alcott

4.16

Format: 449 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305. Generations of readers young and old, …

"I hate ordinary people!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"I hate ordinary people!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Let us be elegant or die!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Let us be elegant or die!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

If you liked the childrens plot in Little Women by Louisa May Alcott , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Michael Mason

1. Jane Eyre

By: Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Alternate editions can be found here and here. A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and … read more

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  • literature
  • historical
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Never,"

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"You are human and fallible."

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"Conventionality is not morality."

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"Beauty is in the eye of the gazer."

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Cover of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Richard J. Dunn

2. Wuthering Heights

By: Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE. At the centre of this novel is the passi… read more

Similar categories in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • romance
  • literature
  • historical
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He’s more myself than I am"

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

"Terror made me cruel . . ."

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

"She burned too bright for this world."

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Cover of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Mark Twain, Virginia Woolf, Anna Quindlen, George Saintsbury, A.C. Bradley, None, None

3. Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen , Mark Twain , Virginia Woolf , Anna Quindlen , George Saintsbury , A.C. Bradley , None , None

4.29

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Since its immediate success in 1813, Pride and Prejudice has remained one of the most popular novel… read more

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  • literature
  • historical
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Every savage can dance."

-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"I might as well enquire,"

-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"I am excessively diverted."

-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

"Obstinate, headstrong girl!"

-Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Cover of Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery

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

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables,… read more

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  • childrens
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Red hair is my life long sorrow."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"I love a book that makes me cry."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"True friends are always together in spirit."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

Cover of The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Richard Howard, Dom Marcos Barbosa, None

5. The Little Prince

By: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry , Richard Howard , Dom Marcos Barbosa , None

4.33

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see, standing before him, the most extraordina… read more

Similar categories in Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • literature
  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
"I wonder,"

-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

"Where are the people?"

-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

"No one is ever satisfied where he is."

-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

"Words are the source of misunderstandings."

-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

Cover of The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins

6. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

By: Suzanne Collins

4.34

Format: 374 pages, Hardcover

Could you survive on your own in the wild, with every one out to make sure you don't live to see th… read more

Similar categories in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Peeta,"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"Katniss, the girl who was on fire!"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"May the odds be ever in your favor!"

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

"No. Now, shut up and eat your pears."

-Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)

Cover of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

7. The Catcher in the Rye

By: J.D. Salinger

3.80

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

It's Christmas time and Holden Caulfield has just been expelled from yet another school... Fleei… read more

Similar categories in J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • literature
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • coming of age
"Sleep tight, ya morons!"

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"People never notice anything."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"Mothers are all slightly insane."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

"But I'm Crazy. I swear to God I am."

-J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

Cover of Animal Farm by George Orwell, Russell Baker, C.M. Woodhouse

8. Animal Farm

By: George Orwell , Russell Baker , C.M. Woodhouse

3.99

Format: 141 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Librarian's note: There is an Alternate Cover Edition for this edition of this book here. A farm… read more

Similar categories in George Orwell's Animal Farm book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • literature
  • fiction
"Four legs good, two legs bad."

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

"The only good human being is a dead one."

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

"Surely, comrades, you don't want Jones back?"

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

"Weak or strong, clever or simple, we are all brothers."

-George Orwell, Animal Farm

9. The Great Gatsby

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

THE GREAT GATSBY, F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
  • literature
  • historical fiction

10. To Kill a Mockingbird

By: Harper Lee

3.95

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that … read more

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Cover of Persuasion by Jane Austen, James Kinsley, Deidre Shauna Lynch

11. Persuasion

By: Jane Austen , James Kinsley , Deidre Shauna Lynch

4.15

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

Persuasion is Jane Austen's last completed novel. She began it soon after she had finished Emma, co… read more

Similar categories in Jane Austen's Persuasion book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • literature
  • historical
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Time will explain."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

"Give him a book, and he will read all day long."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

"No one can withstand the charm of such a mystery."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

"He had an affectionate heart.  He must love somebody."

-Jane Austen, Persuasion

Cover of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

12. The Secret Garden

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness? Mary Lennox, a … read more

Similar categories in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • childrens
  • literature
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"Might I,"

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"They're a pair of young Satans."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

Cover of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, None

13. Romeo and Juliet

By: William Shakespeare , None

3.74

Format: 281 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. I… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • literature
  • classic literature
  • fiction
"thus with a kiss I die"

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

"Oh, I am fortune's fool!"

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

"Ay me! sad hours seem long."

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

"Educated men are so impressive!"

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

14. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

They open a door and enter a world NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known … read more

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15. 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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Cover of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

16. Little Women

By: Louisa May Alcott

4.16

Format: 449 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305. Generations of readers young and old, … read more

Similar categories in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • romance
  • childrens
  • literature
  • historical
  • classic literature
  • coming of age
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"I hate ordinary people!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Let us be elegant or die!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Love covers a multitude of sins…"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Conceit spoils the finest genius."

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Cover of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, Tony Tanner, Ros Ballaster

17. Sense and Sensibility

By: Jane Austen , Tony Tanner , Ros Ballaster

4.08

Format: 409 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780141439662 'The more I know of the world, the more am I convi… read more

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  • literature
  • historical
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
"to hope was to expect"

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"She was stronger alone…"

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"Sense will always have attractions for me."

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

"I will be calm. I will be mistress of myself."

-Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility

Cover of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, Eleanor Roosevelt, None

18. The Diary of a Young Girl

By: Anne Frank , Eleanor Roosevelt , None

4.19

Format: 283 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank’s remarkable diar… read more

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  • historical
"Misfortunes never come singly."

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

"Paper is more patient than man."

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

"A quiet conscience makes one strong!"

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

"Whoever is happy will make others happy."

-Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl

Cover of The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

19. The Picture of Dorian Gray

By: Oscar Wilde

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Oscar Wilde’s only novel is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth… read more

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  • literature
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"To define is to limit."

-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"All art is quite useless."

-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"What fire does not destroy, it hardens"

-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

"The basis of optimism is sheer terror."

-Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

Cover of 1984 by George Orwell

20. 1984

By: George Orwell

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A masterpiece of rebellion and imprisonment where war is peace freedom is slavery and Big Brother i… read more

Similar categories in George Orwell's 1984 book and Louisa May Alcott's Little Women

  • literature
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Power is not a means; it is an end."

-George Orwell, 1984

"To die hating them, that was freedom."

-George Orwell, 1984

"In the face of pain there are no heroes."

-George Orwell, 1984

"It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words."

-George Orwell, 1984

Cover of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling

21. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

By: J.K. Rowling

4.47

Format: 333 pages, Kindle Edition

An alternative cover for this ASIN can be found here "Turning the envelope over, his hand trembl… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Yeah,"

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

"Fifty?"

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

"Alas! Earwax!"

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

"Swish and flick."

-J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)

17 Best fiction books like Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

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4.15

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Wuthering Heights

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Pride and Prejudice

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4.29

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The Little Prince

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4.33

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