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Explore 24 books like Great Expectations by Charles Dickens — a handpicked selection united by Coming of Age, Literary Criticism, Classics, and Literary.

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David Copperfield — Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

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Emma — Jane Austen

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Picture of Dorian Gray — Oscar Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Setting Sun — 太宰治

The Setting Sun

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Call it Sleep — Henry Roth

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This Side of Paradise — F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Family Happiness Stories — Leo Tolstoy

Family Happiness Stories

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

My Antonia — Willa Cather

My Antonia — Willa Cather

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No Longer Human — Osamu Dazai

No Longer Human

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North and South — Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

On the Road — Jack Kerouac

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Jane Eyre An Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism — Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre An Authoritative Text, Contexts, Criticism — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Sanditon and Other Stories — Jane Austen

Sanditon and Other Stories

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Little Women — Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

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The Chosen — Chaim Potok

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Lost Souls — Honoré de Balzac

Honoré de Balzac

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

Dancer from the Dance A Novel — Andrew Holleran

Dancer from the Dance A Novel

Andrew Holleran

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

Plague of Doves A Novel — Louise Erdrich

Plague of Doves A Novel

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To Kill a Mockingbird 40th — Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird 40th

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Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward — Horatio Alger

Ragged Dick and Struggling Upward

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

The Trespasser — David Herbert Lawrence

David Herbert Lawrence

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes) — Henri Alain-Fournier

The Lost Estate (Le Grand Meaulnes)

Henri Alain-Fournier

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

Sons and Lovers — David Herbert Lawrence

Sons and Lovers

David Herbert Lawrence

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Great Expectations by Charles Dickens. Connected by Coming of Age, Literary Criticism, Classics. Authors featured include Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Oscar Wilde, 太宰治, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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