Read-alikes and related books

Books like Emma

Explore 24 books like Emma by Jane Austen — a handpicked selection united by Coming of Age, Humorous, Literary Criticism, and Family Life.

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Top related books to Emma

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Emma.

Sense and Sensibility Gilded Pocket Edition

Jane Austen

Themes: Coming of Age • Family Life • Friendship

My Antonia — Willa Cather

WILLA. CATHER

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Family Life

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott

Themes: Coming of Age • Family Life • Friendship

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Family Life

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Family Life

V for Victory

Lissa Evans

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

The Lark

E. Nesbit

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

Songs of the Humpback Whale

Jodi Picoult

Themes: Coming of Age • Family Life • Friendship

Social Engagement A Novel

Avery Carpenter Forrey

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#10

Goodbye Without Leaving

Laurie Colwin

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#11

I Capture the Castle

Dodie Smith

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#12

Community Board

Tara Conklin

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#13

Handle with Care

Jodi Picoult

Themes: Coming of Age • Family Life • Friendship

#14

Mika in Real Life A Novel

Emiko Jean

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#15

The Cookbook Club A Novel of Food and Friendship

Beth Harbison

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#16

The Miseducation of Evie Epworth

Matson Taylor

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#17

The Winners

Fredrik Backman

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Literary Criticism

#18

Mika in Real Life A Good Morning America Book Club Pick

Emiko Jean

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#19

Really Good, Actually A Novel

Monica Heisey

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Family Life

#20

Sunrise by the Sea A Little Beach Street Bakery Novel

Jenny Colgan

Themes: Coming of Age • Family Life • Friendship

#21

Vintage Contemporaries A Novel

Dan Kois

Themes: Coming of Age • Family Life • Friendship

#22

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Family Life

#23

Ruth

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: Humorous • Literary Criticism • Family Life

#24

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain

Themes: Coming of Age • Humorous • Friendship

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Coming of Age, Humorous, Literary Criticism — the same threads that run through Emma by Jane Austen. Among the authors featured: Jane Austen, WILLA. CATHER, Louisa May Alcott, Charlotte Bronte, and others.