18 books like My Ántonia

What to read after My Ántonia — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Howards End E. M. Forster · 1910 · ★ 4.0 · 318p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Howards End is a novel by E. M. Forster about social conventions, codes of conduct and relationships in turn-of-the-century England. A strong-willed and intelligent woman refuses to allow the pretensions of her husband's smug English family to ruin her life. Howards End is considered by some to be Forster's masterpiece Shares: Romance

Watership Down Richard Adams · 1972 · ★ 4.1 · 443p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley. A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved… Shares: Community pick

These Is My Words Nancy E. Turner · 1998 · ★ 4.4 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Een jonge, avontuurlijke pioniersvrouw beschrijft in haar dagboeken hoe ze eind 19e eeuw per huifkar naar Arizona trekt en daar twintig jaar lang te maken krijgt met het harde leven in het Wilde Westen. Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History

O Pioneers! Willa Cather · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 135p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in Nebraska, inherits the family farm and finds love with an old friend." "The heroic battle for survival of simple pioneer folk in the Nebraska country of the 1880s. John Bergson, a Swedish farmer, struggles desperately with the soil but dies unsatisfied. His daughter Alexandra resolves to vindicate his faith, and her strong character carries… Shares: Women immigrants, Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, History

How the West Was Won Louis L'Amour · 1963 · ★ 4.1 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Moderate They came by river and by wagon train, braving the endless distances of the Great Plains and the icy passes of the Sierra Nevada. They were men like Linus Rawlings, a restless survivor of Indian country who'd headed east to see the ocean but left his heart--and his home--in the West. They were women like Lilith Prescott, a smart, spirited beauty who fled her family and fell for a gambling man in… Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

The writings of Bret Harte Bret Harte · 1874 · 20p · ≈ 40m · Challenging Francis Bret Harte was born on August 25, 1836 in Albany New York. As a young boy Harte developed an early love of books and reading. He first published at the tender age of 11; a satirical poem titled "Autumn Musings." Expecting praise he encountered anything but and was later to write "Such a shock was their ridicule to me that I wonder that I ever wrote another line of verse." By age 13 his… Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life Stewart Edward White · 1904 · ★ 3.4 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Stewart Edward White’s 1904 collection of thirteen short stories entertain readers with wild and wooly tales of the American frontier, including narratives about prospecting and logging. Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

Sarah's Quilt Nancy E. Turner · 2005 · ★ 4.5 · 416p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Arizona Territory pioneer Sarah Prine struggles with drought, starving cattle, and a neighbor's unwelcome advances, a situation that is further complicated when her brother's family is devastated by the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life

The Scarlet Letter Lake Education · 1935 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Nathaniel Hawthorne's powerful tale of forbidden love, shame and revenge comes to life in this manga presentation of the classic story. When Hester Prynne bears an illegitimate child, she is introduced to the ugliness, complexity, and ultimately the strength of the human spirit. Though set in a Puritan community during the Colonial American period, the moral dilemmas of personal responsibility… Shares: Women immigrants, Married women, Classics, History

Faith Lori Copeland · 1998 · 291p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Prolific author Copeland kicks off another historical Western series with this pleasing tale of mail-order brides set in 1872. When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that they need to take drastic action to survive. Each answers a newspaper ad soliciting Christian brides. Faith goes to Texas, where her intended, a well-to-do rancher named Nicholas… Shares: Women pioneers, Romance

A time to love Al Lacy · 1998 · ★ 4.3 · 500p · ≈ 16h · Moderate At the altar Linda Forrest discovers her fiancee has eloped -- with her own sister! Starting a new life as a mail order bride she finds her husband has a sinister secret, but that no danger can place her beyond God's love.From the Trade Paperback edition. Shares: Women pioneers, Romance

The Cherokee Trail Louis L'Amour · 1982 · ★ 4.1 · 178p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Mary Breydon knew how to get things done. Raised on a Virginia plantation, she learned how to care for livestock, respect her workers, and keep good books. But after her husband is killed, she must make a living running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Mary faces challenges that even the men eagerly anticipating her failure would have a difficult time overcoming. After being forced to… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

Pardners Rex Ellingwood Beach · 1905 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Pardners is a Fiction Short Story Book. "Most all the old quotations need fixing", said Joyce in tones forbidding dispute. "For instance, the guy that alluded to marriages germinating in heaven certainly got off on the wrong foot. He meant pardnerships. The same works ain't got capacity for both, no more'n you can build a split second stop watch in a stone quarry. No, sir! A true pardnership is… Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

Other Main Traveled Roads Hamlin Garland · 1910 · 349p · ≈ 11h · Challenging This book-collection file includes: Cavanagh's Forest Ranger, A Daughter of the Middle Border, The Eagle's Heart, The Forester's Daughter, A Little Norsk, Main-Travelled Roads, The Moccasin Ranch, Other Main-Traveled Roads, Prairie Folks, The Spirit of Sweetwater, A Spoil of Office, The Tyranny of the Dark, and Wayside Courtships.According to Wikipedia: "Hannibal Hamlin Garland (September 14,… Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

Red men and white Owen Wister · 1895 · ★ 3.7 · 280p · ≈ 9h · Challenging It consists of eight western stories. Something new was happening among the Crow Indians. A young pretender had appeared in the tribe. What this might lead to was unknown alike to white man and to red; but the old Crow chiefs discussed it in their councils, and the soldiers at Fort Custer, and the civilians at the agency twelve miles up the river, and all the white settlers in the valley… Shares: Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns

A gown of Spanish lace Janette Oke · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate When a young woman is faced with being kidnapped, she is forced to resort to her only hope--God. A young woman among many burly robbers, Ariana is unsure of who to trust, but she must make risks if she ever wishes to leave and go back to the family she dearly loved. This book was one of my top favorites of Janette Oke, it not only showed Ariana's apparent Spiritual strength, but also contained… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life

Ride the River Louis L'Amour · 1983 · ★ 4.5 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In Ride the River, Louis L'Amour spins the tale of a young woman who has to protect her family fortune from a murderous thief and teach him what it means to be a Sackett. Sixteen-year-old Echo Sackett had never been far from her Tennessee home--until she made the long trek to Philadelphia to collect an inheritance. Echo could take care of herself as well as any Sackett man, but James White, a… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns, History

The Spirit of the Border Zane Grey · 1906 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Wikipedia: Spirit of the Border is an historical novel written by Zane Grey, first published in 1906. The novel is based on events occurring in the Ohio River Valley in the late eighteenth century. It features the exploits of Lewis Wetzel, a historical personage who had dedicated his life to the destruction of Native Americans and to the protection of nascent white settlements in that region.… Shares: Women pioneers, Frontier and pioneer life, Westerns, History

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