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Novels with a similar feel to The Magic Apple Tree

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Colefra · 27/07/2026 15:34

I re-read The Magic Apple Tree recently and I 'm interested to read fiction with a similar vibe. Any suggestions? They don't need to be recent, any era will be of interest.

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TheBookShelf · 08/08/2026 20:59

I I loved The Magic Apple Tree. and I recommend Cottage Pie, by Marjorie Hessell Tiltman. It's memoir not fiction, published 1940, but if you liked The Magic Apple Tree then it does have a similar feel albeit from an earlier era. It's a 'country year' style memoir and like The Magic Apple Tree it even has a chapter on making marmalade. A lovely book - out of print I think, but there are secondhand copies online. In a similar vein, you might also like Lilias Rider Haggard's memoir A Norfolk Notebook.

Colefra · 15/08/2026 16:38

Thank you for those recommendations, I will try to track them down,

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Twogingercats · 15/08/2026 16:41

Family Life by Elisabeth Luard

BrandiedAromatics · 20/08/2026 11:09

I think it is out of print, so would have to look on second-hand sites - and specifically a Christmas story - but there is also Lanterns Across the Snow, also by Susan Hill.

Otherwise, Larkrise to Candleford by Flora Thompson.

Twogingercats · 21/08/2026 14:15

Just trying to think of any more. The Country Child, by Alison Uttley is still in print. It has a sequel called The Farm on the Hill, which is not but I bought a copy on Amazon. Not quite the same but How to be a Tudor and how to be a Victorian by Ruth Goodman are both splendid.

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