Recs if you like By the Shores of Silver Lake...

I wish we could make communal lists, because this would be a helpful one to be able to ask others to contribute to

Complete as of August 2026.

books about the pioneer girl herself, her family, and her world

Books that were nominated for the John Newbery Medal for distinguished contributions to juvenile literature but did not win Currently lists nominees up to 2024

Cosy cottagecore classics that take you back to the root of the cottagecore aesthetic

A book for every U.S. state. (except for Utah because I have yet to find a book that isn't about national parks or LDS 🙃)

I grew up reading the Little House in the big Woods about Laura Ingalls as one of my first proper reading experiences, shared by my mother. This list is a dive into the world of Laura Ingalls, the books about her, her family and the homesteading and pioneering nostalgia.

Disclaimer: This is ✨not✨a woke list at all, and the romantization of pioneering is not the goal here 🙌🏼 beware of the glamorization of the pioneers, colonizing and destroying land as they progress in these stories.