Contemporary fiction · Similar reads
Books like The Great Alone
The best books like The Great Alone are Little Fires Everywhere, The Nightingale, and The Things They Carried. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah is about survival, domestic violence, wilderness and isolation. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- Little Fires Everywhere
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Celeste Ng · Contemporary fiction
In Shaker Heights, Ohio — a meticulously planned, deliberately integrated suburb — two families collide.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Nightingale
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Kristin Hannah · Historical fiction
France, 1939-1944.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - The Things They Carried
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Tim O'Brien · Memoir
Tim O'Brien served as a foot soldier in Vietnam in 1969 and 1970.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Cheryl Strayed · Memoir
Wild is Cheryl Strayed's account of hiking 1,100 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail alone in 1995 at twenty-six, with no prior backpacking experience and a pack so heavy she could barely lift it.
Both dig into resilience.
Read the summary → - Beloved
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Toni Morrison · Literary fiction
Beloved is set in post-Civil War Ohio, where Sethe, a formerly enslaved woman, lives with her daughter Denver in a house shadowed by the ghost of a baby she killed rather than let be taken back into slavery.
A kindred contemporary fiction read.
Read the summary → - Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
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Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing · History
In 1914, Ernest Shackleton led twenty-seven men into the Weddell Sea on a ship called the Endurance with the goal of crossing Antarctica on foot.
Shares survival and resilience with The Great Alone.
Read the summary → - Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
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Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Laura Hillenbrand · Biography
Unbroken follows Louis Zamperini from his juvenile delinquency in Depression-era California to the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where he ran the 5,000 meters at nineteen and briefly caught Hitler's attention.
Shares survival and resilience with The Great Alone.
Read the summary → - It Ends with Us
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Colleen Hoover · Contemporary fiction
Lily Bloom moves to Boston after her father's death and opens the flower shop she always dreamed of.
Both dig into survival.
Read the summary → - A Guide to the Good Life
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William Irvine · Philosophy
William Irvine's book is a modern case for reviving Stoic philosophy as a practical guide to living well.
Both dig into resilience.
Read the summary → - A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
Ishmael Beah · Memoir
Ishmael Beah was twelve years old when the Sierra Leone civil war reached his village and he was separated from his family.
Both dig into survival.
Read the summary → - All Quiet on the Western Front
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque · History
All Quiet on the Western Front follows Paul Bäumer, a young German soldier who enlists with his classmates during the First World War after being swept up in patriotic speeches.
Both dig into survival.
Read the summary → - All the Light We Cannot See
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Anthony Doerr · Historical fiction
All the Light We Cannot See follows two children through the Second World War on a collision course neither can see coming.
Both dig into survival.
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Books like The Great Alone: quick answers
What are the best books like The Great Alone?
The best books like The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah are Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, Beloved by Toni Morrison, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Great Alone, such as survival, domestic violence, wilderness and isolation.
What should I read after The Great Alone?
A natural next read after The Great Alone is Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng. A kindred contemporary fiction read. Other strong choices are The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed.
What books are similar to The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah?
The Great Alone centers on survival, domestic violence, wilderness and isolation. Books with a similar feel include Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
