18 books like Demon Copperhead

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The Book of Form and Emptiness Ruth L. Ozeki · 2021 · ★ 4.0 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Shares Teenage boys, Death, Coming-of-age with this book.

The Adult

The Adult Bronwyn Fischer · 2023 · ★ 4.0 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Moderate It's her first year of college - her first real time away from home - and Natalie isn't quite sure what to do. She's learning how to be an adult, without anyone to really show her the way. Nora is an older woman - a little mysterious, completely unknown. They are drawn to each other, each for different (and perhaps the wrong) reasons. Each one of them carries secrets. Shares Literary Fiction, Coming-of-age

The Conquest of Poverty

The Conquest of Poverty Henry Hazlitt · 1972 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "A publication of the Principles of Freedom Committee." Includes bibliographical references. Shares Poverty

Across the Nightingale Floor Lian Hearn · 2002 · ★ 4.5 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Already a sensation around the world, this first book of the Otori Trilogy is a brilliantly imagined, wholly seductive tale of war, passion, and intrigue, evoking the spirit of medieval Japan. It is the story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village to find himself a pawn in a political scheme filled with treacherous warlords, rivalry and the intensity of… Shares Teenage boys, Orphans, Coming-of-age

아몬드 Won-Pyung Sohn · 2020 · ★ 4.1 · 265p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A BTS fan favorite! A WALL STREET JOURNAL STORIES THAT CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE PICK * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY'S STAY HOME AND READ PICK * SALON'S BEST AND BOLDEST * BUSTLE'S MOST ANTICIPATED The Emissary meets The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime in this poignant and triumphant story about how love, friendship, and persistence can change a life forever. This story is, in short,… Shares Literary Fiction, Teenage boys, Coming-of-age

A Dog of Flanders Ouida · 1800 · ★ 4.1 · 123p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Marie Louise de la Ramée (1839-1908) wrote many popular novels of adventure and romance in the 1870s and 80s under the pen name of Ouida. She also produced a number of captivating stories for youngsters. One of the best, A Dog of Flanders,. First published in 1872, A Dog of Flanders tells the moving story of Nello, a gentle boy with aspirations of becoming a painter, and Patrasche — his devoted… Shares Poverty, Death, Orphans

The little giant of Aberdeen County Tiffany Baker · 2009 · ★ 3.7 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate When Truly Plaice's mother was pregnant, the town of Aberdeen joined together in betting how recordbreakingly huge the baby boy would ultimately be. The girl who proved to be Truly paid the price of her enormity; her father blamed her for her mother's death in childbirth, and was totally ill equipped to raise either this giant child or her polar opposite sister Serena Jane, the epitome of femine… Shares Orphans, Coming-of-age

In search of Mockingbird Loretta Ellsworth · 2007 · ★ 3.5 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Erin receives her long-dead mother's diary, which reveals that she too revered Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" and wanted to be a writer, and Erin impulsively decides to take the Greyhound bus from St. Paul, Minnesota to Monroeville, Alabama, to visit the reclusive author. Shares Mothers, Coming-of-age

Clash of the Demons Joseph Delaney · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 405p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Tom is reunited with his mother and must return to Greece to face a new and terrible threat from the dark forces, and a momentous decision must be made, causing a serious rift between Tom and the Spook that threatens to separate them forever. Shares Mothers, Teenage boys

Iron shoes Molly Giles · 2000 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "Set amid the woodsy affluence of Northern California, Iron Shoes incisively chronicles the coming-of-middle-age story of Kay Sorensen, who has lived her entire life in the shadow of her glamorous parents. When Kay hits forty, she is suddenly smacked with the realization that she is not the woman she wants to be - and certainly not the woman her family wants her to be. Her emotionally detached… Shares Mothers, Death

Rose And The Silver Ghost Holly Webb · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate "With help from a mysterious ghostly mirror which once belonged to her mother, Rose seeks to discover who her real family is. Were they full of magic too, like her?"-- Shares Mothers, Orphans

The Last Olympian Rick Riordan · 2009 · ★ 4.7 · 376p · ≈ 12h · Moderate All year the half-bloods have been preparing for battle against the Titans, knowing the odds of victory are grim. Kronos's army is stronger than ever, and with every god and half-blood he recruits, the evil Titan's power only grows. While the Olympians struggle to contain the rampaging monster Typhon, Kronos begins his advance on New York City, where Mount Olympus stands virtually unguarded. Now… Shares Mothers, Teenage boys

Eden's eyes Sean Costello · 1989 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Karen Lockhart has been blind all her life. Now she can see with a dead man's eyes but with her new blessing come an even greater curse: terror. Karen's world had grown dark until a vicious punk named Eden Crowell is killed one night in a barroom brawl and doctors salvage what they can from his ruined body. His heart goest to an old drunk, his kidney to a young girl, and his silver blue eyes… Shares Literature

Annie John Jamaica Kincaid · 1983 · ★ 3.7 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Since her first, prize-winning collection of stories, *At the Bottom of the River*, Jamaica Kincaid's work has been met with nothing short of amazement. *The New York Times* hailed her "prophetic power" and the *Los Angeles Times Book Review* said: "No one else seems to be writing quite this way right now." With *Annie John*, the story of a young girl coming of age in Antigua, Kincaid tore open… Shares Coming-of-age, Literature

The Help Kathryn Stockett · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 476p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step. Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has… Shares Mothers, Literary Fiction, Literature

Siradan insanlar Judith Guest · 1976 · ★ 3.0 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Calvin is a determined, successful provider and Beth an organized, efficient wife. They had two sons, Conrad and Buck, but now they have one. This novel inspired Robert Redford’s Oscar-winning film of the same name starring Donald Sutherland and Mary Tyler Moore. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in" - Reader's Digest Condensed Books. Volume 5 - 1976 [1]:… Shares Teenage boys, Death

When We Were Orphans Kazuo Ishiguro · 2000 · ★ 3.5 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Moderate 'You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.' Sunday TimesEngland, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai… Shares Death, Orphans, Literature

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist George Almar · 1838 · ★ 3.9 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Thanks to its colorful cast of characters and gritty portrayal of street life in Victorian London, Dickens’ Oliver Twist has captured readers’ hearts for more than 150 years. Today’s children will love it too. Oliver, a poor orphan, escapes the miserable workhouse where he was born only to fall into the clutches of a band of pickpockets led by the odious Fagin. Yet no amount of cruelty can… Shares Orphans, Coming-of-age

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