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Across Cultural Heritage, Southern, Friendship, and Historical — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as The Melon Boys by Michael George.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of The Melon Boys.

The Color Purple — Alice Walker

The Color Purple

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Friendship

The Invention of Wings — Sue Monk Kidd

The Invention of Wings

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Friendship

The Past Is Never A Novel — Tiffany Quay Tyson

The Past Is Never A Novel

Tiffany Quay Tyson

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Lost River — David Fulmer

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

The Indigo Girl A Novel — Natasha Boyd

The Indigo Girl A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

America’s Dream — Esmeralda Santiago

America’s Dream

Esmeralda Santiago

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

The Ballad of Frankie Silver A Ballad Novel — Sharyn McCrumb

The Ballad of Frankie Silver A Ballad Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Ramadan Ramsey A Novel — Louis Edwards

Ramadan Ramsey A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

By Her Own Design A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register — Piper Huguley

By Her Own Design A Novel of Ann Lowe, Fashion Designer to the Social Register

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois — Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Betrayed — Tim Kent

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Coming Through Slaughter — Michael Ondaatje

Coming Through Slaughter

Michael Ondaatje

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Banyan Moon A Novel — Thao Thai

Banyan Moon A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Their Eyes Were Watching God — Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God

Zora Neale Hurston

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

The Immortelles — Gilbert Morris

The Immortelles

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

A Land Remembered — Patrick D Smith

A Land Remembered — Patrick D Smith

Patrick D. Smith

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

A Good Girl — Johnnie Bernhard

Johnnie Bernhard

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

The House of Eve — Sadeqa Johnson

The House of Eve

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

All the Way Home A Novel — Ann Tatlock

All the Way Home A Novel

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Home in the Morning — Mary Glickman

Home in the Morning

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

The Known World LP — Edward P. Jones

The Known World LP

Edward P. Jones

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Banyan Moon A Read with Jenna Pick — Thao Thai

Banyan Moon A Read with Jenna Pick

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

Their Eyes Were Watching God A Novel — Zora Neale Hurston

Their Eyes Were Watching God A Novel

Zora Neale Hurston

Themes: Cultural Heritage • Southern • Historical

My Magnolia Summer A Novel — Victoria Benton Frank

My Magnolia Summer A Novel

Victoria Benton Frank

Themes: Southern • Friendship • Historical

If The Melon Boys by Michael George is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Cultural Heritage, Southern, Friendship and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by Alice Walker, Sue Monk Kidd, Tiffany Quay Tyson, David Fulmer, and others.

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