Cover of The Sweetheart Season

The Sweetheart Season

by Karen Joy Fowler · 1996

+ Want to read

As a rebellious daughter of the sixties recalls the year her mother played baseball in 1947, two luminous stories begin to unfold in America's heartland, one lived and one imagined. . . .

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Themes
sportssportsMore like thisLess of this
Setting
MinnesotaMinnesotaMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 384 pages

Click a tag to see books like this one that share it. Point at it (on a phone, tap it) for less of it instead.

Read it? Sign in to help tag it.

BuyAmazonGoogle Books

BorrowOpen LibraryA library near you

MoreCompare pricesHardcover

Liked The Sweetheart Season? Here’s where I’d start.

These suit anyone who liked The Sweetheart Season. Sign in and mark a few books for picks shaped around your own taste.

  1. The Brothers K David James Duncan · 1992 Shares fiction, baseball, historical fiction
  2. The Year It All Ended Kirsty Murray · 2015 Shares historical fiction
  3. The Great Husband Hunt Laurie Graham · 2003 Shares fiction, historical fiction, chick lit
  4. The Flaming Corsage William Kennedy · 1996 Shares fiction
See more recommendations →

“People who read The Sweetheart Season tend to reach for these next.”

  1. Taking a Chance Deborah Burrows · 2013
  2. American Hero Larry Beinhart · 1993
  3. The Persian Bride James Buchan · 1999
  4. The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers Of/On Creative Nonfiction Robert L. Root Jr., Michael J. Steinberg · 1998

“If you want more of the same (historical fiction about sports), start with these.”

  1. Evergreen Rebecca Rasmussen · 2014
  2. The Long-Shining Waters Danielle Sosin · 2011
  3. The Real Minerva Mary Sharratt · 2004
  4. The Turtle Catcher Nicole Helget · 2009

“If it was the general fiction that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The Possibility of You Pamela Redmond Satran · 2012
  2. The Water Dancers: A Novel Terry Gamble · 2003
  3. Hussein: An Entertainment Patrick O'Brian · 1938
  4. Love All Elizabeth Jane Howard · 2008

“These start from a similar idea, even if they go somewhere else with it.”

  1. The House in France: A Memoir Gully Wells · 2011
  2. Wrigleyworld: A Season in Baseball's Best Neighborhood Kevin Kaduk, Kevin Kaduk · 2006
  3. The Devil's Backbone Kim Wozencraft · 2006
  4. Sixty Feet, Six Inches: A Hall of Fame Pitcher & a Hall of Fame Hitter Talk about How the Game Is Played Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson, Lonnie Wheeler · 2009

Report a problem