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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Book of Lost Things
John Connolly · 352 pages
High in his attic bedroom, twelve-year-old David mourns the death of his mother, with only the books on his shelf for company. But those books have begun to whisper to him in the darkness. Angry and alone, he takes refuge in his imagination and soon finds that reality and fantasy have begun to meld. While his family falls apart around him, David is violently propelled into a world that is a strang
The Isle of Blood
Rick Yancey · 557 pages
When Dr. Warthrop goes hunting for the "Holy Grail of Monstrumology" in 1888, twelve-year-old orphan Will Henry follows him to Socotra, plunging into depths of horror worse than anything he has experienced so far.
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
R F Kuang · 560 pages
From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphane
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook
Christina Henry · 297 pages
"From the national bestselling author of Alice comes a familiar story with a dark hook--a tale about Peter Pan and the friend who became his nemesis, a nemesis who may not be the blackhearted villain Peter says he is ..."-- "On an island lives a boy called Peter and his band of merry lost boys, young forever. That is, unless they get sick or killed by pirates or eaten by crocodiles or unless--i
The Child Thief
Brom · 440 pages
Peter is quick, daring, and full of mischief—and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life. He appears to lonely, lost children—the broken, hopeless, and sexually abused—promising to take them to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive, and you never grow old.
Fables: The Wolf Among Us, Volume 1 [#1-24]
Matthew Sturges, Dave Justus · 221 pages
Even before the first issue of Fables, there were stories to be told, shadowy avenues to explore, and lives hanging in the balance! Bigby Wolf has seen plenty in his time as Sheriff of Fabletown... but nothing can prepare him for this... It all starts with a simple domestic disturbance. But when Bigby learns that his old nemesis, the Woodsman who has an axe to grind, is part of the scene, thing
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 880 pages
Reckless
Cornelia Funke · 369 pages
Jacob Reckless is a treasure hunter in a world behind a mirror, a place of dangerous magic. There, accompanied by Fox, a shape-shifting girl, he's lived up to his name. But disaster strikes when his younger brother follows him through the glass. Unless Jacob can save him, his brother will turn to stone.
Unhooked
Lisa Maxwell
"Gwen is kidnapped to an island inhabited by fairies, a roguish ship captain, and bloodthirsty beasts--and she must save their Queen before it's too late"--
Attack on Titan: Before the Fall, Vol. 1
Satoshi Shiki, Ryou Suzukaze · 193 pages
"Cut alive from his mother's womb after she had been eaten by a rampaging Titan, Kuklo has spent his entire life in chains as a freakish curiosity and a feared abomination. Eventually the boy they call the "Titan's son" finds hemself sold to wealthy merchant Dario Inocencio as a plaything for his cruel and ambitious son Xavi. Kuklo knows nothing but abuse and neglect but help may come from the mos
The Cain Saga, Volume 04, Part 1
Kaori Yuki · 200 pages
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Hikaru Suruga, Gan Sunaaku
The Cain Saga, Volume 01
Kaori Yuki, Akira Watanabe · 195 pages
"Born under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest to find the truth about his family's past. Written in dark, harrowing episodes, The CAIN Saga chronicles how Cain solves the strange crimes that seem to plague his cursed existence, yet somehow bring him closer to deciphering the puzzling circumstance
Fables, Vol. 21: Happily Ever After
Bill Willingham · 200 pages
In this penultimate volume of Bill Willingham’s Fables, the residents of Fabletown look to live “happily ever after,” but there is a steep price to pay for happiness as Rose Red clashes with Snow White!
The Demon in the Wood
Leigh Bardugo · 72 pages
Before he ruled Ravka, before he was the Darkling, he was just a lonely boy with an extraordinary gift. In this prequel story to the New York Times-bestselling Grisha Trilogy, Leigh Bardugo takes us into Ravka's mysterious past, when Grisha lived as fugitives and the Darkling took his first steps on the path to power.
The Infernal Devices: Clockwork Prince
Cassandra Clare · 257 pages
As the Council attempts to strip Charlotte of her power, sixteen-year-old orphaned shapechanger Tessa Gray works with the London Shadowhunters to find the Magister and destroy his clockwork army, learning the secret of her own identity while investigating his past.
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens · 409 pages
Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress, is the second novel by English author Charles Dickens. It was originally published as a serial from 1837 to 1839, and as a three-volume book in 1838. The story follows the titular orphan, who, after being raised in a workhouse, escapes to London, where he meets a gang of juvenile pickpockets led by the elderly criminal Fagin, discovers the secrets of hi
Grimm Fairy Tales Vol. 1
Ralph Tedesco, Joe Tyler · 168 pages
"[The book] explores a much darker side of the infamous fables you heard as a child as these classic tales are retold and re-imagined with a terrifying twist you'll simply love as an adult."--p. 4 of cover.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910
Alan Moore, Kevin O'Neill
In Victorian-era England, Minna Murray, Captain Nemo, the Invisible Man, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Alan Quartermain are gathered and sent on a mission to stop a criminal mastermind from firebombing the East End of London.
His Dark Materials
Philip Pullman · 1,017 pages
Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning, large-format, bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1955, and has now been filmed as "The Golden Compass", the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children alik