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Books Like The Miserable Mill

by Lemony Snicket · about this book

Loved The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket? If its series, orphans and middle grade hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Searching for Dragons and The Chronicles of Narnia. 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 The Miserable Mill: Series · Orphans · Middle Grade · Funny · Dry Humor

1. 

   Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

   Roald Dahl

   Children's · Middle Grade · Absurdist Humor · Kids in Danger · Funny

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2. 

   Searching for Dragons

   Patricia C. Wrede

   Middle Grade · Dry Humor · Absurdist Humor · Funny · Whimsical

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3. 

   The Chronicles of Narnia

   C.S. Lewis

   Middle Grade · Children's · Whimsical · Kids in Danger · Series

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4. 

   Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal

   Jeff Kinney

   Middle Grade · Children's · Whimsical · Absurdist Humor · Funny

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5. 

   The Phantom Tollbooth

   Norton Juster

   Middle Grade · Children's · Absurdist Humor · Funny · Whimsical

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6. 

   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

   LEWIS CARROLL

   Children's · Middle Grade · Absurdist Humor · Whimsical · Funny

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7. 

   Where the Sidewalk Ends

   Shel Silverstein

   Children's · Absurdist Humor · Middle Grade · Funny · Whimsical

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8. 

   Carl's Doomsday Scenario

   Matt Dinniman

   Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy · Funny · Series · Adventure

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9. 

   Magyk

   Angie Sage

   Middle Grade · Kids in Danger · Whimsical · Series · Funny

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10. 

    The Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    Dry Humor · Absurdist Humor · Whimsical · Funny · Series

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11. 

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    J. K. Rowling

    Middle Grade · Whimsical · Series · Funny · Mystery

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12. 

    Peter Pan

    J. M. Barrie

    Children's · Middle Grade · Kids in Danger · Whimsical · Adventure

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13. 

    Egghead: Or, You Can't Survive on Ideas Alone

    Bo Burnham

    Absurdist Humor · Dark Comedy · Whimsical · Funny · Satirical Humor

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14. 

    The Battle of the Labyrinth

    Rick Riordan

    Middle Grade · Kids in Danger · Series · Funny · Adventure

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15. 

    The Wild Robot

    Peter Brown

    Middle Grade · Children's · Whimsical · Series · Adventure

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16. 

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    Lyman Frank Baum

    Children's · Middle Grade · Whimsical · Series · Adventure

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17. 

    Ordinary Monsters

    J.M. Miro

    Orphans · Kids in Danger · Series · Adventure · Gothic Fiction

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18. 

    A Most Agreeable Murder

    Julia Seales

    Absurdist Humor · Funny · Whimsical · Mystery · Satirical Humor

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19. 

    Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

    Heather Fawcett

    Dry Humor · Whimsical · Series · Funny · Adventure

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20. 

    The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, Volume 6

    Eiji Otsuka

    Dark Comedy · Absurdist Humor · Series · Mystery · Funny

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