Books like Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder reads as nostalgic, wholesome. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

On the Banks of Plum Creek

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1937

Shares the escape thread

82% genome match

Little Women and Good Wives

Louisa May Alcott · 1879

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Five Little Peppers and How They Grew

Margaret Sidney · 1880

Shares the escape thread

74% genome match

What Katy Did

Susan Coolidge · 1873

Shares the escape thread

74% genome match

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery · 1908

Shares the escape thread

83% genome match

The evolution of Calpurnia Tate

Jacqueline Kelly · 2009

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Heidi

Spyri, Johanna · 1885

Both explore nature & childhood

68% genome match

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster · 1912

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Caddie Woodlawn

Carol Ryrie Brink · 1935

Both explore childhood & family

83% genome match

Daniel's story

Carol Matas · 1993

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Maroo of the Winter Caves

Ann Turnbull · 1984

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match