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If you loved Old Friends by Tracy Kidder, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Biographies & Memoirs and Literature & Fiction.

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

The Other Girl — Annie Ernaux

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

The Lincoln Memorial: Original Life Pictures, With Autographs From The Hands And Hearts Of Eminent Americans And Europeans (1883) — Oldroyd

The Lincoln Memorial: Original Life Pictures, With Autographs From The Hands And Hearts Of Eminent Americans And Europeans (1883)

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Memoirs Of A Reformer, 1832-1892 (1893) — Alexander Milton Ross

Memoirs Of A Reformer, 1832-1892 (1893)

Alexander Milton Ross

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Louise, Queen Of Prussia: A Memorial — August Kluckhohn

Louise, Queen Of Prussia: A Memorial

August Kluckhohn

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Memorial Of The Centennial Of The Yale Medical School (1915) — Yale University Press

Memorial Of The Centennial Of The Yale Medical School (1915)

Yale University Press

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

The Speeches Of The Right Honorable William Pitt In The House Of Commons V2 (1806) — William Pitt

The Speeches Of The Right Honorable William Pitt In The House Of Commons V2 (1806)

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

The Philosophical Elixir Of Vegetables — Baru Urbigerus

The Philosophical Elixir Of Vegetables

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

The Emerson Birthday Book — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The Emerson Birthday Book

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Volume 03 — Edmund Burke

The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke; Volume 03

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Poems: Memorials Of Cousins (1860) — George Wilson

Poems: Memorials Of Cousins (1860) — George Wilson

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Memorials Of Shakespeare Or Sketches Of His Character And Genius (1828) — Drake

Memorials Of Shakespeare Or Sketches Of His Character And Genius (1828)

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Stray Leaves From The Book Of Nature (1855) — Maximilian Schele De Vere

Stray Leaves From The Book Of Nature (1855)

Maximilian Schele De Vere

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

The Salisbury Memorial: Gwent In Old Days, The Morgan Family, Etc. The Earl Of Salisbury And His Welsh Ancestry (1886) — Charles Wilkins

The Salisbury Memorial: Gwent In Old Days, The Morgan Family, Etc. The Earl Of Salisbury And His Welsh Ancestry (1886)

Charles Wilkins

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Three Books Of Polydore Vergil’s English History: Comprising The Reigns Of Henry VI, Edward IV And Richard III — Polydore Vergil

Three Books Of Polydore Vergil’s English History: Comprising The Reigns Of Henry VI, Edward IV And Richard III

Polydore Vergil

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

What the Presidents Read Childhood Stories and Family Favorites — Elizabeth Goodenough

What the Presidents Read Childhood Stories and Family Favorites

Elizabeth Goodenough

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

This American Woman A One-In-A-Billion Memoir — Zarna Garg

This American Woman A One-In-A-Billion Memoir

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Aaron Burr — William L. O’Brien

Aaron Burr — William L. O’Brien

William L. O'Brien

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

A Manual of Bibliography Being an Introduction to the Knowledge of Books, Library Management and Th — Walter Thomas Rogers

A Manual of Bibliography Being an Introduction to the Knowledge of Books, Library Management and Th

Walter Thomas Rogers

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Cross And Crown: Or The Sufferings And Triumphs Of The Heroic Men And Women Who Were Persecuted For The Religion Of Jesus Christ (1873) — James Dabney McCabe

Cross And Crown: Or The Sufferings And Triumphs Of The Heroic Men And Women Who Were Persecuted For The Religion Of Jesus Christ (1873)

James Dabney McCabe

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Last And First, Being Two Essays: The New Spirit And Arthur Hugh Clough — John Addington Symonds

Last And First, Being Two Essays: The New Spirit And Arthur Hugh Clough

John Addington Symonds

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

The Celtic Twilight Men And Women — William Butler Yeats

The Celtic Twilight Men And Women

William Butler Yeats

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Robert Browning and Alfred Domett — Frederic George Kenyon

Robert Browning and Alfred Domett

Frederic George Kenyon

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Lives Of Celebrated Women (1843) — Samuel Griswold Goodrich

Lives Of Celebrated Women (1843)

Samuel Griswold Goodrich

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Francis Bacon’s Cryptic Rhymes and the Truth They Reveal — Edwin Bormann

Francis Bacon’s Cryptic Rhymes and the Truth They Reveal

Themes: Biographies & Memoirs • Literature & Fiction

Fans of Old Friends by Tracy Kidder will find 24 titles here, all united by Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction. Authors represented include Annie Ernaux, Oldroyd, Alexander Milton Ross, August Kluckhohn, and others.

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