3.95 avg rating — 1,987 ratings

"This is like in that the heroines both travel through the wilderness alone or nearly alone, in danger, and both fall in love. It's different in the prose, which I believe is present-tense. Lyrical. And the overall atmospheres are different."

3.98 avg rating — 14,571 ratings

"I barely remember this one, but it's about a pilgrim woman who gets kidnapped by Indians after her town is attacked and finds her life's path from there. The hero I think is a man who lives in the native and white worlds, like Nathaniel. "

4.12 avg rating — 4,218 ratings

"I scarcely remember this one. I'm pretty sure I picked it up because I wanted something similar to Into the Wilderness. "

3.97 avg rating — 7,711 ratings

"This takes place during the American Civil War, so almost a century later. But it has a similar romantic arc, and a slightly similar courtship. "

3.74 avg rating — 15,882 ratings

"It's similar in that it's set in the wilderness and at the meeting point of European settler and First Nations cultures. Different in that it focuses on a mystery, and that the protagonist is a bit older. "

3.55 avg rating — 4,538 ratings

3.90 avg rating — 311 ratings

3.72 avg rating — 58,324 ratings

"This is different in that it is a dual-timeline story - one in present-day, and one in pilgrim Salem, Massachusetts. I remember really enjoying the romantic arcs. "

4.03 avg rating — 160,413 ratings

"Colonial Massachusetts, again. It's different in that it's YA and the story focuses on small town superstitions. The male protagonist is called Nat, short for Nathaniel (specious, I know). "

3.45 avg rating — 85 ratings

"Early early colonial Virginia, so I guess that's different. It's similar in that the setting stands at the boundary between American Indian and European cultures. The male protagonist has some woodsman capabilities. "