Books like Of Mice and Men

1. 

   The Great Gatsby

   F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1925

   Because shares tags: classics, american literature, tragedy.

   The Great Gatsby through Nick Carraway: Gatsby's parties, the green light, Daisy and Tom, and why Fitzgerald's 1925 novel ends as a…

2. 

   East of Eden

   John Steinbeck · 1952

   Because also by John Steinbeck; shares tags: classics, tragedy.

   In California's Salinas Valley, the Trasks and Hamiltons replay Cain and Abel through love, betrayal, and the hard choice to rise above the…

3. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas · 1844 · The d'Artagnan Romances #1

   Because shares tags: classics, friendship.

   Young dArtagnan joins Athos, Porthos and Aramis to recover the queens diamonds and face Milady.

4. 

   Madame Bovary

   Gustave Flaubert · 1857

   Because shares tags: classics, tragedy.

   Emma Rouault marries Charles Bovary for romance, then seeks lovers and luxury until debts ruin them both.

5. 

   A Farewell to Arms

   Ernest Hemingway · 1929

   Because shares tags: classics, tragedy.

   Frederic loves Catherine in Italy until desertion leads to Switzerland and stillbirth.

6. 

   Othello

   William Shakespeare · 1622

   Because shares tags: classics, tragedy.

   Iago's lies drive the Moor of Venice to murder his innocent wife in Shakespeare's tragedy of jealousy.

7. 

   If He Had Been with Me

   Laura Nowlin · 2013

   Because shares tags: tragedy, friendship.

   Childhood friends Autumn and Finn drift apart in high school until one August night changes everything.

8. 

   A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

   Betty Smith · 1943

   Because shares tags: classics, american literature.

   Francie Nolan grows up poor in 1910s Williamsburg, reading on fire escapes while her family scrapes by, and learns how schooling can lift…

9. 

   Bridge to Terabithia

   Katherine Paterson · 1977

   Because shares tags: friendship, classics.

   Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia retold: Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke build an imagined kingdom and face sudden loss.

10. 

    Winnie-the-Pooh

    A.A. Milne · 1926 · Winnie-the-Pooh #1

    Because shares tags: classics, friendship.

    Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.

11. 

    The Secret History

    Donna Tartt · 1992

    Because shares tags: classics, friendship.

    A California outsider joins six classics students whose Greek rite ends in murder.

12. 

    The House at Pooh Corner

    A.A. Milne · 1928 · Winnie-the-Pooh #2

    Because shares tags: classics, friendship.

    Tigger bounces into the Hundred Acre Wood while Pooh builds Eeyore a house and Piglet does a grand thing.

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