Books like…

Books Like Coraline

by Neil Gaiman · about this book

Loved Coraline by Neil Gaiman? If its middle grade, female lead and kids in danger hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Golden Compass, Gregor the Overlander and NOS4A2. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Coraline: Middle Grade · Female Lead · Kids in Danger · Eerie · Parallel Universe

1. 

   The Golden Compass

   Philip Pullman

   Parallel Universe · Kids in Danger · Kidnapping Plot · Absent Parent · Talking Animals

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2. 

   Gregor the Overlander

   Suzanne Collins

   Kids in Danger · Portal Fantasy · Absent Parent · Talking Animals · Middle Grade

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3. 

   NOS4A2

   Joe Hill

   Kids in Danger · Kidnapping Plot · Haunting · Eerie · Dark Fantasy

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4. 

   The Hollow Places

   T. Kingfisher

   Parallel Universe · Eerie · Portal Fantasy · Haunting · Cats

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5. 

   The Hostile Hospital

   Lemony Snicket

   Kids in Danger · Kidnapping Plot · Short Chapters · Middle Grade · Children's

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6. 

   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass

   Lewis Carroll

   Short Chapters · Portal Fantasy · Children's · Self-Discovery · Talking Animals

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7. 

   Matilda

   Roald Dahl

   Short Chapters · Absent Parent · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Children's

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8. 

   The Drawing of the Three

   Stephen King

   Parallel Universe · Portal Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Atmospheric · Plot-Driven

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9. 

   Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

   Ransom Riggs

   Eerie · Kids in Danger · Haunting · Atmospheric · Absent Parent

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10. 

    Something Wicked This Way Comes

    Ray Bradbury

    Eerie · Haunting · Dark Fantasy · Atmospheric · Tense and Suspenseful

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11. 

    The Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris

    Short Chapters · Haunting · Eerie · Kidnapping Plot · Tense and Suspenseful

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12. 

    The Turn of the Screw

    Henry James

    Eerie · Haunting · Kids in Danger · Atmospheric · Novella

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13. 

    Fablehaven

    Brandon Mull

    Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Absent Parent · Children's · Plot-Driven

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14. 

    The Talisman

    Stephen King, Peter Straub

    Parallel Universe · Portal Fantasy · Dark Fantasy · Kids in Danger · Fantasy

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15. 

    Hatchet

    Gary Paulsen

    Short Chapters · Kids in Danger · Absent Parent · Self-Discovery · Tense and Suspenseful

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16. 

    Anna Dressed in Blood

    Kendare Blake

    Absent Parent · Haunting · Eerie · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven

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17. 

    Harry Potter Boxset

    J.K. Rowling

    Absent Parent · Kids in Danger · Middle Grade · Atmospheric · Fast-Paced

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18. 

    Stuart Little

    E.B. White

    Short Chapters · Cats · Children's · Middle Grade · Novella

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19. 

    Holes

    Louis Sachar

    Kids in Danger · Short Chapters · Self-Discovery · Middle Grade · Children's

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20. 

    Dungeon Crawler Carl

    Matt Dinniman

    Cats · Short Chapters · Talking Animals · Tense and Suspenseful · Plot-Driven

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