What to Read After Centuries of Childhood
Readers who loved Centuries of Childhood by Philippe Ariès keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Centuries of Childhood is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Centuries of Childhood
The pleasures of children's literature
Vested Interests
Memory and the Mediterranean
Civilization and capitalism, 15th-18th century
Myths of Motherhood
Rise of the Meritocracy
Customs in common
The Age of Reform, 1250-1550
Weimar Culture
Clues, myths, and the historical method
The man who was a woman and other queer tales from Hindu lore
Huck's raft
Wonders and the order of nature, 1150-1750
Feudal Society
Cultural Theory And Popular Culture
J. M. Barrie and the Lost Boys
Not in Front of the Children
Coming of Age
The making of Europe
Le Deuxième Sexe
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Middlemarch
The Mists of Avalon
David Copperfield