If You Like… is a feature highlighting blogger recommendations for books, authors, TV shows, movies, and music based on the things you already know and love. This week’s post includes recommendations based on the show Hart of Dixie, about a city girl fresh out of med school who experiences a major culture clash when she begins practicing medicine in a small southern town.
If you like Hart of Dixie, you might like…
Books
Recommended by Jen @ YA Romantics:
- Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley
- Boys, Bears and a Serious Pair of Hiking Boots by Abby McDonald
- Country Girl, City Girl by Lisa Jahn-Clough
These books also have a touch of that city-girl-in-the-country theme:
- Stork by Wendy Delsol
- A & L Do Summer by Jan Blazanin
- Unearthly by Cynthia Hand
Recommended by Jennifer @ YA Book Nerd:
- Never Sit Down in a Hoopskirt and Other Things I Learned in Southern Belle Hell by Crickett Rumley: After being expelled from 13 schools, Jane returns home to small town Alabama. Before long, she’s manipulated into the joining the Magnolia Maid brigade. She’s horrified to be chosen for the team. However, she’s not abut to quit. She’s going to suffer through it if it kills her.
- Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson: Three girls form an unlikely friendship during a hot summer of working at a peach farm.
- Belles by Jen Calonita: Coming out in April. Izzie’s forced to go live with family she’s never known when her grandmother moves into a nursing home. From the wrong town, Izzie feels unwelcome in her new school full of privileged classmates. Can she connect with anyone or will she always feel like an outsider with no Southern charm?
- Just Your Average Princess by Kristina Springer: Jamie’s been dreaming of becoming the Pumpkin Princess for years. When her cousin comes to town for an indefinite stay, suddenly Jamie realizes her crown could be in jeopardy.
Recommended by Karen @ Teen Librarian’s Toolbox:
- Joan Bauer: Squashed and Rules of the Road and Hope Was Here.
Recommended by Jessica @ I Read to Relax:
- The Last Song by Nicholas Sparks: Ronnie spends the summer with her estranged father on the beach, missing the city, until she realizes there’s a deeper reason for her to be there.
- Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement-Moore: Amy spends the summer out on her aunt’s ranch, meeting the hot, but grouchy guy next door and ghost/treasure hunting.
- The Magnolia League by Katie Crouch: When Alexandria has to move to Savannah, she becomes an unwilling debutante in a strangely powerful group.
- Where I Belong by Gwendolyn Heasley: Big city girl moves to the country and finds a boy that can melt her hard heart!
Movies/TV
Recommended by Jen @ YA Romantics:
Recommended by Jennifer @ YA Book Nerd:
Recommended by Jessica @ I Read to Relax:
What are your favorite books, movies, tv, and music related to Hart of Dixie? Share your own recommendations in the comments!
