Books like The Living Is Easy by Dorothy West
First publish date: 1969
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Dorothy West
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 (0 community ratings)
How are these books recommended?
The books recommended for The Living Is Easy by Dorothy West are shaped by reader interaction. Votes on how closely books relate, user ratings, and community comments all help refine these recommendations and highlight books readers genuinely find similar in theme, ideas, and overall reading experience.
Have you read any of these books?
Your votes, ratings, and comments help improve recommendations and make it easier
for other readers to discover books they’ll enjoy.
Books similar to The Living Is Easy (24 similar books)
Mark Twain’s classic novel follows the first-person narration of Huckleberry "Huck" Finn as he journeyes down the Mississippi River in 19th‑century America, exploring adventure, friendship and the era’s social issues.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Alice Walker's 1982 novel, The Color Purple, won the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award, exploring the lives of black women in the South and their experiences of abuse and struggle for independence.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Zora Neale Hurston’s Pulitzer‑winning novel follows Janie Crawford’s journey of self‑discovery and empowerment, mapping her search for love, independence, and identity against the backdrop of the African‑American South during the early 20th century.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Harriet Beecher Stowe’s classic expose the brutal reality of American slavery, following the devout slave Tom as he faces injustice and moral dilemmas—an influential work that stirred Northern anti‑slavery sentiment before the Civil War.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Nella Larsen’s 1929 novel Passing explores the life of Irene Redfield, a married Harlem woman whose world is disrupted when her childhood friend Clare Kendry—now passing as white—reappears.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
The Warmth of Other Suns is a non‑fiction study of the Great Migration, tracing the journey of nearly six million African Americans from the South to northern and western cities between 1915 and 1970.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A tense portrait of 1926 Harlem, where a mid‑century salesman, his twenty‑year‑old lover, and the wife‑hairdresser wrestle with love, crime, and grief amid the jazz‑filled city.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Bigger Thomas, a 20-year-old black youth in poverty on Chicago's South Side, becomes embroiled in a brutal murder and must face the consequences of his violent actions in Richard Wright's novel 'Native Son' (1940).
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A Brooklyn family of Barbadian immigrants grapples with racism, poverty, and identity during the Depression and World War II.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
In 1960s and 1970s Alabama, Meridian Hill, a student at Saxon College, joins the Civil Rights Movement, navigates activism, love, and motherhood while confronting personal and political challenges.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
James Weldon Johnson’s autobiographical novel traces the life of a mixed‑race narrator who, able to pass as white, struggles with identity and injustice in early 20th‑century America.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Jean Toomer’s "Cane" is a poetic anthology of short stories and poems that portray African American life in the 1920s United States.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Edna Ferber's Pulitzer‑winning tale follows Selina Peake Dejong—from marriage to widowhood to thriving as a Western truck farmer—while painting late‑19th‑century Chicago and exploring poverty, Americanization, family tension, sexism and female independence.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A portrait of seven resilient African‑American women whose lives converge on Brewster Place, a grim, isolated street, revealing their struggles, strengths, and shared humanity.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A collective of African American women in Georgia search for the healing power of salt, only to encounter an event that transforms their community forever.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Set in a North Carolina town during the Civil War, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s pioneering novel follows Iola Leroy, a young woman who discovers her African ancestry and is enslaved under false pretenses, as her community prepares for battle and the possibility of freedom.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Cleo Jericho Judson battles for a place for her family in Boston’s black community, but larger forces threaten her vision of a peaceful life.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Set in 1930s Philadelphia, Jessie Redmon Fauset’s novel follows Joanna Mitchell and Peter Bye as their families navigate inheritance, prejudice, and the social aspirations of the black middle class.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
On a quiet Iowa farm, Ana navigates the challenges of raising her late stepdaughter’s child while confronting family secrets, a stern aunt, and the enigmatic Owen, who awakens her longing for a new life.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A harrowing journey into the harsh realities of race and prejudice in Harlem during the 1920s, as an African American woman struggles to find her place in a society defined by colorism.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
A coming‑of‑age tale following an African‑American boy in a small Kansas town, exploring family life and the challenges of growing up in a mid‑20th‑century American community.
Similar?
✓ Yes
0
✗ No
0
Some Other Similar Books
A Raisin in the Sun by Lena HorneThe Harper's Song by Toni Morrison
Have a similar book in mind? Let others know!
Please login to submit books!