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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorAenir
Garth Nix · 261 pages
Exiled Chosen Tal and Milla the Icecarl enter the dream world of Aenir to summon the Storm Shepherds to help them find the magical Codex, but discover that they are facing greater dangers than they ever imagined.
Bone: Quest for the Spark, Vol. 1
Tom Sniegoski, Thomas E. Sniegoski · 224 pages
Twelve-year-old Tom Elm, his raccoon friend Roderick, Percival, Abbey, and Barclay Bone, warrior-priest Randolf, and forest-woman Lorimar join in a quest to find the pieces of the Spark that can save Dreaming--and the Waking World--from a Darkness created by the Nacht.
Dormia
Jake Halpern, Peter Kujawinski · 528 pages
After learning of his ancestral ties to Dormia, a hidden kingdom in the Ural Mountains whose inhabitants possess the ancient power of "wakeful sleeping," twelve-year-old Alfonso sets out on a mission to save the kingdom from destruction, discovering secrets that lurk in his own sleep.
Death Weavers
Brandon Mull · 507 pages
Cole is about to face his biggest peril yet. Since arriving in the Outskirts, Cole and his friends have fought monsters, challenged knights, and battled rampaging robots. But none of that has prepared them for Necronum. In this haunting kingdom, it’s hard to tell the living from the dead, and secret pacts carry terrifying risks. Within Necronum lies the echolands, a waystation for the depart
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass
Lewis Carroll · 273 pages
Palace of Dreams
Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson · 329 pages
The familiars Aldwyn, Skylar, and Gilbert have defeated the evil Paksahara, but when Queen Loranella falls victim to a terrible curse, the familiars who are prime suspects must set out on a quest to prove their innocence and find a cure for the queen. Aldwyn, Skylar, and Gilbert must embark on a journey to clear their names and save a Vastia after a necklace they give to Queen Loranella puts he
Red: The Heroic Rescue
Ted Dekker · 390 pages
Red recounts the heroic rescue attempts of Thomas Hunter to save both worlds. With the devastating realization that he has unleashed death into both worlds, he now must figure out how to undo this evil-while trying to save his true love. From meeting with world powers in one world to leading a small band of mighty warriors in the great forests of the other world, Thomas is determined to change the
Harold and the Purple Crayon
Crockett Johnson · 61 pages
"Harold loves animals so much that he decides to find out what it's like to be one. Join Harold and an elephant, a camel, a herd of cheetahs, and a slippery bunch of penguins on this wildlife adventure in his imagination."--P. [4] cover.
The Dream Merchant
Isabel Hoving · 638 pages
Having been hired by a mysterious corporation called Gippart, twelve-year-old Josh--along with two friends and the ghost of his dead twin sister--finds himself trapped in "umaya," a place between dreams, time, and reality.
Nightmare Escape
Greg Grunberg · 201 pages
"Ben has a gift. He can jump into other people's dreams. So when his classmates start falling victim to an evil dream monster he knows he has to do something. But can he get to them in time? With help from a mysterious companion, Ben just might be able to defeat the monster and save his friends . . . if he can harness the power within" -- page 4 of cover.
Abarat
Clive Barker · 489 pages
Candy Quackenbush, a sixteen-year-old girl, is bored with her life and is desperate for something new. She lives in Chickentown, Minnesota, has a drunkard father, and is often made fun of by other kids. One day at school, a strange image enters her head, and she draws it in a textbook. When her teacher notices, she is furious, and Candy has the sudden impulse to simply walk out of school. She wand
Nightmare of the Iguana
Ursula Vernon
Wendell the iguana's dreams are all nightmares and a Dream Wasp wants him as a host for her eggs--so, with Great-grandfather Dragonbreath's help, Danny the dragon and Suki the salamander enter Wendell's dreams to try and defeat the wasp.
Water Keep
J. Scott Savage
Found in the desert as a baby by monks who named him, thirteen-year-old Marcus, who has been confined to a wheelchair ever since he can remember, knows nothing of his background and endures the difficulties of his daily life in various foster homes and schools by dreaming of Farworld, a magical place whose pull seems to be getting increasingly stronger.
Firewing
Kenneth Oppel · 318 pages
Griffin, a young bat, is sucked into the "Underworld," and his father follows to rescue him.
Monster Madness
Dean Lorey
Thirteen-year-old Charlie Benjamin and his fellow students at the Nightmare Academy try to stop the four Named Lords of the Nether from coming to Earth and summoning an even more deadly creature called the Fifth.
A Wild Sheep Chase
Haruki Murakami · 299 pages
It begins simply enough: A twenty-something advertising executive receives a postcard from a friend, and casually appropriates the image for an insurance company's advertisement. What he doesn't realize is that included in the pastoral scene is a mutant sheep with a star on its back, and in using this photo he has unwittingly captured the attention of a man in black who offers a menacing ultimatum
Preludes & Nocturnes
Neil Gaiman · 240 pages
Preludes and Nocturnes collects the first eight issues of The Sandman comic by Neil Gaiman published by DC Vertigo. The series centers on Morpheus (Dream of the Endless). Dream is imprisoned for decades by an occultist seeking immortality. Upon escaping, he must reclaim his objects of power while still in a weakened state, confronting an addict to his dream powder, the legions of Hell, and an all-
Beyond the Deepwoods
Paul Stewart, Chris Riddell · 283 pages
Young Twig lives in the Deepwoods, among the Woodtrolls, but he isn't one of them. In a brave attempt to find out where he belongs, Twig wanders into the mysterious, dangerous world beyond the Deepwoods. He meets a collection of odd companions, such as his wise guardian, the Caterbird; the Slaughterers, a peaceful race who butcher animals for their livelihood; and the vicious, bile-swilling Rotsuc