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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

Charles Dickens

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

On the Road — Jack Kerouac

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

No Longer Human — 太宰治

No Longer Human

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Setting Sun — Osamu Dazai

The Setting Sun

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Portrait of a Lady An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism — Henry James

The Portrait of a Lady An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

This Side of Paradise — F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

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

Emma — Jane Austen

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

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

North and South — Elizabeth Gaskell

North and South

Elizabeth Gaskell

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Call it Sleep — Henry Roth

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Family Happiness Stories — Leo Tolstoy

Family Happiness Stories

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

My Antonia — Willa Cather

My Antonia — Willa Cather

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Little Women — Louisa May Alcott

Louisa May Alcott

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Sanditon and Other Stories — Jane Austen

Sanditon and Other Stories

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

Annotated Secret Garden — Frances Hodgson Burnett

Annotated Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Chosen — Chaim Potok

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

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

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

Themes: Coming of Age • Literary Criticism • Classics

The Jungle Book — Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

Bless Me, Ultima — Rudolfo Anaya

Bless Me, Ultima

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

Parable of the Sower — Octavia E. Butler

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Themes: Coming of Age • Classics • Literary

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Text, Criticism, and Notes — James Joyce

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Text, Criticism, and Notes

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, Jack Kerouac, 太宰治, Osamu Dazai, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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