18 books like The House on Mango Street

What to read after The House on Mango Street — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Tagebuch eines halbwüchsigen Mädchens Hermine Hug-Hellmuth · 1919 · 284p · ≈ 9h · Challenging From the book:THE best preface to this journal written by a young girl belonging to the upper middle class is a letter by Sigmund Freud dated April 27, 1915, a letter wherein the distinguished Viennese psychologist testifies to the permanent value of the document: "This diary is a gem. Never before, I believe, has anything been written enabling us to see so clearly into the soul of a young girl,… Shares: Adolescent, Adolescence, Girls

Coming of age in Samoa Margaret Mead · 1924 · ★ 3.5 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The classic anthropological study describes what it was like in the 1920s for girls growing up in the culture of the Samoan Islands, offering provocative insights into such topics as childhood, gender roles, and culture. Shares: Adolescent, Adolescence, Girls

Marge Piercy Marge Piercy · 1976 · ★ 4.1 · 381p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Onetime college girl, loving mother, pickpocket, and unmarried mourning wife Consuelo Ramos, imprisoned in a New York mental hospital for assaulting a pimp, hovers between a future of life dominant and an endless present of neuroelectric experimentation Shares: Mexican Americans, Open_syllabus_project

The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway · 1930 · ★ 4.1 · 672p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Forty-nine stories reflect much of the intensity of Hemingway's own life and environment. Shares: Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project, Short Stories

Bless Me, Ultima Rudolfo A. Anaya · 1972 · ★ 3.8 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Ultima, a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic, comes to Antonio Marez's New Mexico family when he is six years old, and she helps him discover himself in the magical secrets of the pagan past. Shares: Mexican Americans, Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

Coming of age around the world Anita Ganeri · 2015 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Discover a wonderful world of celebrations from around the world. Featuring the world's main religions as well as some little-known ceremonies and festivals, this book takes an intriguing and colorful look at how growing up and coming of age are celebrated in many different places. Shares: Adolescence, Coming-of-age

Caribbean Cruising Rachel Hawthorne · 2004 · ★ 4.4 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Moderate (Ages 13+) Lindsay has never been on a cruise, but she knows exactly what she wants to do now that she is: climb a waterfall, snorkel, meet lots of cute guys, and look for one perfect guy for a summer fling. But her to-do list isn't going according to plan, especially when she discovers that it's impossible to have a fling-when you're actually falling in love. Shares: Adolescent, Coming-of-age

The Little Friend Donna Tartt · 2000 · ★ 3.5 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate A young girl with a brother murdered years ago decides to find and punish his killer. Shares: Adolescence, Girls, Coming-of-age

La casa de los espíritus Isabel Allende · 1982 · ★ 4.3 · 464p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Primera novela de Isabel Allende. La casa de los espíritus narra la saga de una poderosa familia de terratenientes latinoamericanos. El despótico patriarca Esteban Trueba ha construido, con mano de hierro, un imperio privado que empieza a tambalearse a raíz del paso del tiempo y de un entorno social explosivo. Finalmente, la decadencia personal del patriarca arrastrará a los Trueba a una dolorosa… Shares: Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

Middlesex Jeffrey Eugenides · 2002 · ★ 4.0 · 544p · ≈ 18h · Moderate A unique coming of age story. While the main character in this novel is dealing with gender identity issues the main focus of this brilliantly written story is the confusion we all face as we grow into the person we were meant to be. The reader finds himself identifying with the main character's experiences. This is a brilliantly written story. The prose is honest in a way that few authors dare… Shares: Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

La route d'Altamont Gabrielle Roy · 1966 · ★ 3.9 · 146p · ≈ 4h · Moderate First published in French in 1966, The Road Past Altamont pierces to the heart of a child's world, creating a delicate, yet substantial network of impressions, emotions, and relationships. In her writing, Gabrielle Roy allowed "nothing extraneous or false to stand," according to the translator, Joyce Marshall. The literary style of Roy, whose fiction reflects her childhood on the Canadian… Shares: Adolescence, Short Stories

Youth in Revolt C. D. Payne · 1993 · ★ 4.0 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl-- now a major motion picture from Dimension Films starring Michael CeraSIX MONTHS IN THE LIFE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS TEENAGERYouth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal… Shares: Adolescence, Coming-of-age

The Dead Fathers Club Matt Haig · 2006 · ★ 3.2 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A ghost story with a twist—a suspenseful and poignantly funny update of HamletA triumph of originality and humor, this clever novel by British author Matt Haig gives us Hamlet redux with an unforgettable voice all his own. When eleven-year-old Philip Noble is confronted by the ghost of his recently deceased father and asked to avenge his death, the boy finds himself in a thorny dilemma. Revenge,… Shares: Adolescence, Girls

So Big Edna Ferber · 1920 · ★ 4.1 So Big - winner of the Pulitzer Prize - the unforgettable story of Selina Peake Dejong, her marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a truck farmer, and of her son, Dirk. In So Big, Ferber simultaneously created a vivid picture of turn-of-the-century Chicago and dealt with the contemporary issues of poverty, Americanization, family tensions, sexism, and success. Shares: Chicago, Coming-of-age

Big girl small Rachel DeWoskin · 2011 · ★ 3.3 · 294p · ≈ 9h · Moderate With a singing voice that can shake an auditorium, Judy should be the star of Darcy Academy, the local performing arts high school. So why is a girl this promising hiding out in a seedy motel room on the edge of town? A scathingly funny and moving book about dreams and reality, at once light on its feet and profound. Shares: Adolescence, Coming-of-age

Song of Solomon Toni Morrison · 1634 · ★ 4.4 · 353p · ≈ 11h · Demanding Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. With this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison transfigures the coming-of-age story as audaciously as Saul Bellow or Gabriel García Márquez. As she follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his family’s… Shares: Modern Literature, Open_syllabus_project

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe Benjamin Alire Sáenz · 2012 · ★ 4.4 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Fifteen-year-old Ari Mendoza is an angry loner with a brother in prison, but when he meets Dante and they become friends, Ari starts to ask questions about himself, his parents, and his family that he has never asked before. Shares: Mexican Americans, Coming-of-age

Studs Lonigan James T. Farrell · 1932 · ★ 3.8 · 1113p · ≈ 37h · Challenging [William V. Lipton][1] from Ann Arbor, MI says: "This is both a coming-of-age novel and a social history. Set during the 1920s and 1930s, it follows Studs as he grows through his teen years in Chicago. It shows the influences on urban children, the stresses on families and the American society during that time. The characters and dialogue are captivating." ([on Flashlight Worthy][2]) [1]:… Shares: Chicago, Coming-of-age

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