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Explore 24 books like Small World A Novel by Jonathan Evison — a handpicked selection united by Family Life, Literary, and Historical.

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Peach Blossom Spring — Melissa Fu

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Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

Emma — Jane Austen

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Heart’s Invisible Furies — John Boyne

The Heart’s Invisible Furies

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

White Elephant A Novel — Mako Idemitsu

White Elephant A Novel

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Dutch House A Novel — Ann Patchett

The Dutch House A Novel

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

Beyond That, the Sea A Novel — Laura Spence-Ash

Beyond That, the Sea A Novel

Laura Spence-Ash

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

Hummingbirds A Novel — Joshua Gaylord

Hummingbirds A Novel

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

A Big Storm Knocked It Over A Novel — Laurie Colwin

A Big Storm Knocked It Over A Novel

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Unseen — Roy Jacobsen

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

God Spare the Girls A Novel — Kelsey McKinney

God Spare the Girls A Novel

Kelsey McKinney

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

Murder Before Evensong — Richard Coles

Murder Before Evensong

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The History of Mr. Polly — H. G. Wells

The History of Mr. Polly

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

Lessons — Ian McEwan

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Way of All Flesh — Samuel Butler

The Way of All Flesh

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Other Side of the Story — Marian Keyes

The Other Side of the Story

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

I Know This Much Is True — Wally Lamb

I Know This Much Is True

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Gravedigger’s Daughter — Joyce Carol Oates

The Gravedigger’s Daughter

Joyce Carol Oates

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

Lost and Found in Paris A Novel — Lian Dolan

Lost and Found in Paris A Novel

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Duchess Hunt — Lorraine Heath

The Duchess Hunt

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The New Wilderness A Novel — Diane Cook

The New Wilderness A Novel

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre — Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Bronte

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Tenth Muse A Novel — Catherine Chung

The Tenth Muse A Novel

Catherine Chung

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Other Bennet Sister — Janice Hadlow

The Other Bennet Sister

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep — Juliet Butler

The Less You Know the Sounder You Sleep

Themes: Family Life • Literary • Historical

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