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Read-A-Likes
Do you love a certain book or author, and want to read more books like it? Try our Read-Alikes
If you like...The 39 Clues
If you like...Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
If You Like ... The
Book Thief
If you like...Dan Brown
If you like...Mary Higgins Clark
If you like...Crank
If You Like ... Diary
of a Wimpy Kid
If You Liked ...
Ella Enchanted
If you like...Janet Evanovich
If You Like... Graceling
If
You Like ... Guys Write for Guys Read
If you like...Harry Potter
If You Like ... The
Hobbit
If you like...The Hunger Games
If You Liked ...
Inkheart
If you like...Karen Kingsbury
If You Like ... Little
Brother
If you like...Debbie Macomber
If You Liked ... The
Magic Tree House
If you like...James Patterson
If You Like ...
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief
If you like...Jodi Picoult
If you like...The Princess Diaries
If You Liked ... The
Spiderwick Chronicles
If you like...Twilight
If you like...Jennifer Weiner
If You Like ...
Stuart Woods
If you like...The 39 Clues
Peter & the Star Catchers Series by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
The Thieves of Ostia by Caroline Lawrence
Holes by Louis Sachar
If you like...Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging
The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon
Lucky T by Kate Brian
Blue Bloods by Melissa De la Cruz
If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Then Where’s my Prince? By Melissa Kantor
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Gossip Girl by Cecily Bon Ziegesar
Girls Dinner Club by Jessie Elliot
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Back Talk by Alex Richards
If You Like . . . The Book Thief
Escaping into the night Friedman,
D. Dina
Dreaming in black and white Jung,
Reinhardt
Keturah and Lord Death Leavitt,
Martine
Room in the heart Levitin,
Sonia
Judas, vol. 1 Minazuki,
Suu
Run, boy, run Orlev,
Uri
Traitor Pausewang,
Gudrun
Tamar Peet,
Mal
What world is left Polak,
Monique
Malka Pressler,
Mirjam
Milkweed Spinelli,
Jerry
Hitler's canary Toksvig,
Sandi
Briar Rose Yolen,
Jane
If you like...Dan Brown
The Syndrome by John Case
Prey by Michael Crichton
The Confessor or Death in Vienna by Dan Silva
The Prophetess by Barbara Wood
If you like...Mary Higgins Clark
The Other Daughter by Lisa Gardner
The Face of Deception by Iris Johnansen
Sudden Prey by John Sanford
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson
Road Trip by Melody Carlson
That Was Then This is Now by S.E. Hinton
You Don’t Know Me by David Klass
Silent to the Bone by E.L. Konigsburg
Kyra’s Story by Dandi Daley Mackall
One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies by Sonya Sones
What My Girlfriends Doesn’t Know by Sonya Sones
The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin
If You Like . . . Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Star jumper Asch,
Frank
Attack of the mutant underwear Birdseye,
Tom
The homework machine Gutman,
Dan
Airball Harkrader,
Lisa
Middle school is worse than meatloaf Holm,
Jennifer L.
Schooled Korman,
Gordon
Amelia's most unforgettable embarrassing moments Moss,
Marissa
Lawn boy Paulsen,
Gary
Sideways stories from Wayside School Sachar,
Louis
Amazon diary Talbott,
Hudson
Click here (to find out how I survived seventh grade) Vega,
Denise
If You Liked . . . Ella Enchanted
The frog princess Baker,
E. D.
The folk keeper Billingsley,
Franny
The dragonslayers Coville,
Bruce
Before midnight Dokey,
Cameron
Into the Wild Durst,
Sarah Beth
Cinderella (as if you didn't already know the story) Ensor,
Barbara
Igraine the brave Funke,
Cornelia Caroline
Just Ella Haddix,
Margaret Peterson
The goose girl Hale,
Shannon
Rapunzel's revenge Hale,
Shannon
Mira, Mirror Harrison,
Mette Ivie
Goose chase Kindl,
Patrice
Cinderellis and the glass hill Levine,
Gail Carson
Fairest Levine,
Gail Carson
Thornspell Lowe,
Helen
Beauty McKinley,
Robin
The prince of the pond otherwise known as De Fawg Pin Napoli,
Donna Jo
East Pattou,
Edith
Bella at midnight Stanley,
Diane
Bet Me by Jennifer Cruise
"B" is for Burglar or "Q" is for Quarry by Sue Grafton
206 Bones by Kathy Reichs
If You Like...Graceling
The Hunger Games Collins,
Suzanne
My last skirt Durrant,
Lynda
Nobody's princess Friesner,
Esther M.
Enna burning Hale,
Shannon
Warrior Princess Jones,
Frewin
I am Apache Landman,
Tanya
Piratica Lee,
Tanith
The legend of Lady Ilena Malone,
Patricia
The sacrifice Matcheck,
Diane
The blue sword McKinley,
Robin
The hero and the crown McKinley,
Robin
Bloody Jack Meyer,
L. A.
Sabriel Nix,
Garth
Pirates! Rees,
Celia
The edge on the sword Tingle,
Rebecca
The moon riders Tomlinson,
Theresa
If You Like . . . Guys Write for Guys Read
Love, football, and other contact sports Carter,
Alden R.
How Angel Peterson got his name Paulsen,
Gary
Island boyz Salisbury,
Graham
Tales from outer suburbia Tan,
Shaun
If you like...Harry Potter
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Holly Black
The Sea Trolls by Nancy Farmer
The Children of the Lamp Series by Philip Kerr
The Percy Jackson and the Olympians Series by Rick Riordan
The Pendragon Series by D.J. MacHale
The Eragon Series by Christopher Paolini
The Septimus Heap Series by Angie Sage
Faerie Wars by Herbie Brennan
The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
If You Like . . . The Hobbit
The book of three Alexander,
Lloyd
The lost years of Merlin Barron,
T. A.
Outlaws of Moonshadow Marsh sign of the Qin Bass,
L. G.
Fall of a kingdom Bell,
Hilari
The dark is rising Cooper,
Susan
The naming Croggon,
Alison
The Sea of Trolls Farmer,
Nancy
The oracle betrayed Fisher,
Catherine
Ranger's apprentice the ruins of Gorlan Flanagan,
John
The cry of the Icemark Hill,
Stuart
Thorn Ogres of Hagwood Jarvis,
Robin
A wizard of Earthsea Le
Guin, Ursula K.
The blue sword McKinley,
Robin
Seeker Nicholson,
William
Sabriel Nix,
Garth
Eragon Paolini,
Christopher
Alanna the first adventure Pierce,
Tamora
The golden compass Pullman,
Philip
The amulet of Samarkand Stroud,
Jonathan
The once and future king White,
T. H.
If you like...The Hunger Games
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
The City of Ember Series by Jeanne DuPrau
If You Liked . . . Inkheart
Faerie wars Brennan,
Herbie
Summerland Chabon,
Michael
Gregor the Overlander Collins,
Suzanne
Into the Wild Durst,
Sarah Beth
Coraline Gaiman,
Neil
The secret country Johnson,
Jane
The book of story beginnings Kladstrup,
Kristin
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe Lewis,
C. S.
Mister Monday Nix,
Garth
The key to Rondo Rodda,
Emily
Summer reading is killing me! Scieszka,
Jon
Endymion Spring Skelton,
Matthew
The great good thing Townley,
Roderick
Now you see it... Vande
Velde, Vivian
The Bridge or Firestorm by Lisa Tawn Bergren
Second Chances Series by Terri Blackstone
Where Love Begins or Encounter the Light by Donna Fletcher Crow
The Scarlet Thread or A Voice in the Wind by Francine Rivers
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
If You Like . . . Little Brother
Cherry Heaven Adlington,
L. J.
Spacer and Rat Bechard,
Margaret
Obernewtyn Carmody,
Isobelle
The goodness gene Levitin,
Sonia
Tomorrow, when the war began Marsden,
John
Shade's children Nix,
Garth
The adoration of Jenna Fox Pearson,
Mary
Unwind Shusterman,
Neal
The gospel according to Larry Tashjian,
Janet
Uglies Westerfeld,
Scott
Grace in Autumn by Lori Copeland
The Sunflower or The Christmas Box by Richard Paul Evans
Mitford Series by Jan Karon
The Ocean Between Us by Susan Wiggs
If You Liked . . . The Magic Tree
House
The hidden stairs and the magic carpet Abbott,
Tony
Time cat Alexander,
Lloyd
Adventures in ancient Egypt Bailey,
Linda
The magic half Barrows,
Annie
The Franny K. Stein series Benton,
Jim
The dragon of Doom Coville,
Bruce
Lincoln's legacy Deutsch,
Stacia
The timespinners Gray,
Luli
How I fixed the year 1000 problem Greenburg,
Dan
Dinosaur habitat Griffith,
Helen V.
Babe and me Gutman,
Dan
Stonewall Hinkleman and the battle of Bull Run Hemphill,
Michael
The dragonling Koller,
Jackie French
Invasion of the nose pickers Korman,
Gordon
The comic book kid Osterweil,
Adam
Secret in the tower Ransom,
Candice F.
Knights of the kitchen table Scieszka,
Jon
The kid who got zapped through time Scott,
Deborah
Any which wall Snyder,
Laurel
The princess in the pigpen Thomas,
Jane Resh
Ghost ship Wilkins,
Kim
Ancient fire Williams,
Mark London
George Washington's socks Woodruff,
Elvira
If You Like . . . The New Policeman
War for the Oaks Bull,
Emma
The Phoenix Dance Calhoun,
Dia
The singer of all songs Constable,
Kate
The black Canary Curry,
Jane Louise
The tears of the salamander Dickinson,
Peter
Sunlight and shadow Dokey,
Cameron
Magic under glass Dolamore,
Jaclyn
La corda d'oro, vol. 1 Kure,
Yuki
Fairest Levine,
Gail Carson
Wildwood dancing Marillier,
Juliet
Dragonsong McCaffrey,
Anne
Wintersmith Pratchett,
Terry
Lament Stiefvater,
Maggie
Heartsinger Stoffels,
Karlijn
The last of the high kings Thompson,
Kate
Beautiful city of the dead Watts,
Leander
The night dance Weyn,
Suzanne
Troll Bridge Yolen,
Jane
One False Move or Long Lost by Harlan Coben
The Devil's Teardrop by Jeff Deaver
Vertical Run by Joseph Garber
Third Degree by Greg Iles
The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy
Killer Weekend by Ridley Pearson
If You Like ... Percy Jackson and the
Olympians: The Lightening Thief
Anatopsis Abouzeid,
Chris
Pantheon High, vol. 1 Benjamin,
Paul
The warrior heir Chima,
Cinda Williams
Artemis Fowl Colfer,
Eoin
Iris, messenger Deming,
Sarah
Walking with the dead Falcone,
L. M.
The secret of the sirens Golding,
Julia
Island of the aunts Ibbotson,
Eva
Skulduggery Pleasant Landy,
Derek
The water mirror Meyer,
Kai
The alchemyst Scott,
Michael Dylan
Quicksilver Spinner,
Stephanie
The amulet of Samarkand Stroud,
Jonathan
The shadow thieves Ursu,
Anne
The extraordinary adventures of Alfred Kropp Yancey,
Richard
The tiger's apprentice Yep,
Laurence
Odysseus in the serpent maze Yolen,
Jane
While my Sister Sleeps by Barbara Delinsky
The Good Mother or While I was Gone by Sue Miller
The Deep End of the Ocean or The Breakdown Love by Jacquelyn Mitchard
The Secret Hour by Luanne Rice
Sea Glass by Anita Shreve
If you like...The Princess Diaries
The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen by Dyan Sheldon
Lucky T by Kate Brian
Blue Bloods by Melissa De la Cruz
If I Have a Wicked Stepmother, Then Where’s my Prince? By Melissa Kantor
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Gossip Girl by Cecily Bon Ziegesar
Girls Dinner Club by Jessie Elliot
Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Back Talk by Alex Richards
If You Liked . . . The Spiderwick
Chronicles
The door to time Baccalario,
Pierdomenico
The Prince of Fenway Park Baggott,
Julianna
The fairy rebel Banks,
Lynne Reid
The fairy-tale detectives Buckley,
Michael
Artemis Fowl Colfer,
Eoin
The boggart Cooper,
Susan
The goblin baby Doherty,
Berlie
Magical kids the smallest girl ever and the boy who could fly Gardner,
Sally
Wild Robert Jones,
Diana Wynne
Magpie Gabbard and the quest for the buried moon Keehn,
Sally M.
The ruby key Lisle,
Holly
Hob and the goblins Mayne,
William
The witches of Dredmoore Hollow McKenzie,
Riford
The curse of the night wolf Stewart,
Paul
The tiger's apprentice Yep,
Laurence
Glass Houses by Rachel Caine
Marked: the House of Night Series by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast
City of Bones by Clare, Cassandra
Vampirates Series by Somper, Justin
Evernight Series by Claudia Gray
Demon in My View by Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia
Vampire Diaries Series by L.J. Smith
Blue Bloods by Melissa De La Cruz
Vampire Academy Series by Richelle Mead
The Other Woman by Jane Green
Long Time No See by Susan Isaacs
Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes
Running in Heels by Anna Maxted
The Mommy Club by Sarah Bird
Nursery Crimes by Ayelet Waldman
The Devil Wears Prada by Laura Weisberger
If You Like . . .
Stuart Woods
McNally series by
Lawrence Sanders
