14 best-selling fantasy books like The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll

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The Tale of Truthwater Lake

By: Emma Carroll

4.21

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Tale of Truthwater Lake by Emma Carroll , here is a list of 14 books like this:

1. Time Travelling with a Hamster

By: Ross Welford

3.19

Format: 292 pages, ebook

"My dad died twice. Once when he was thirty nine and again four years later when he was twelve. The… read more

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2. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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3. Crossing the Line

By: Tia Fisher

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

'Do you feel safe?' A powerful novel exploring how teenagers can be swept up into county lines. … read more

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4. Safiyyah's War

By: Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Inspired by the true story of how the Grand Mosque of Paris saved the lives of hundreds of Jews dur… read more

Similar categories in Hiba Noor Khan's Safiyyah's War book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. Away With Words

By: Sophie Cameron

3.89

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 2024 Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2024… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Cameron's Away With Words book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. Tyger

By: S.F. Said

4.17

Format: 304 pages, None

In a strange alternate world, where the British Empire has never ended, a young boy called Adam has… read more

Similar categories in S.F. Said's Tyger book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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7. Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

By: Thomas Taylor

4.47

Format: 369 pages, Kindle Edition

Herbie and Violet's fifth gripping adventure brings the internationally bestselling Eerie-on-Sea se… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Taylor's Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

By: Robin Stevens

4.21

Format: None pages, ebook

Britain is at war and a secret arm of the British government called the Ministry of Unladylike Acti… read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's The Ministry of Unladylike Activity book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
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9. Danger at Dead Man's Pass (Adventures on Trains, #4)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.28

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Embark on a thrilling fourth adventure in the bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains serie… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's Danger at Dead Man's Pass (Adventures on Trains, #4) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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10. The Song Walker

By: Zillah Bethell

4.16

Format: None pages, None

"There are three questions that I need to find the answers to: -Where am I? -What am I doing here… read more

Similar categories in Zillah Bethell's The Song Walker book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. The Lost Whale

By: Hannah Gold

4.40

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A gorgeously written standalone from the acclaimed author of The Last Bear, Hannah Gold's second no… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's The Lost Whale book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"A patchwork of blue, emerald and turquoise, with white horses dancing like diamonds on the surface. The water stretched out forever until it melted into the sky."

-Hannah Gold, The Lost Whale

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12. The Good Thieves

By: Katherine Rundell

4.11

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

“A dazzling tale of wild hope, lingering grief, admirable self-sufficiency, and intergenerational a… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Good Thieves book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"It is difficult to sleep when you are besieged by hope."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"He was not tall or broad, but when he grinned it was so vivid that he appeared to take up most of the street and at least half the sky."

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

"To throw the knife would be death...She wanted nothing to do with death--nothing to do with finality, with endings, with the dark of it. She hated the man more than she hated any living thing, but he…"

-Katherine Rundell, The Good Thieves

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13. The Tale of Truthwater Lake

By: Emma Carroll

4.21

Format: 295 pages, Hardcover

On one side of the underwater street is the remains of a house . . . It's beautiful here, and eerie… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • time travel
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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14. Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2)

By: Hannah Gold

4.54

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The unmissable follow-up to the award-winning  The Last Bear— perfect for fans of Rosanne Parry and… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Gold's Finding Bear (The Last Bear #2) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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15. Keedie

By: Elle McNicoll

4.69

Format: 270 pages, Paperback

Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark, Keedie is a powerful coming-of-age story that tho… read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Keedie book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I can't stand people who say they're good when they're not."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"I may be forced to mask, but they choose to wear numerous faces."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"You have to be the cartographer of your own heart. Make it into a map."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

"She's like the sunflower. She'll find the sun no matter how much darkness other people try to put her in."

-Elle McNicoll, Keedie

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16. The Light in Everything

By: Katya Balen

4.32

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the author of October, October, shortlisted for the 2022 CILIP Carnegie Medal, comes a life-af… read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's The Light in Everything book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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17. The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5)

By: Anna James

4.17

Format: None pages, None

A magical botanist A peculiar potion A secret garden A famous monster A return to the underlibr… read more

Similar categories in Anna James's The Treehouse Library (Pages & Co.,#5) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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18. The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1)

By: J.J. Arcanjo

4.28

Format: 279 pages, Kindle Edition

"So this is really a school for criminals." It was meant as a question, though it came out more as … read more

Similar categories in J.J. Arcanjo's The School for Thieves (Crookhaven, #1) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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19. Like a Curse

By: Elle McNicoll

4.21

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Stuck in Loch Ness while Edinburgh falls under the control of a terrifyingly powerful Siren, Ramya … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Curse book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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20. Like a Charm

By: Elle McNicoll

4.25

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

Edinburgh is a city filled with magical creatures. No one can see them... until Ramya Knox. As … read more

Similar categories in Elle McNicoll's Like a Charm book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Exactly. These stories about fairies and giants and vampires and trolls... they may have written them completely wrong. But you're still more likely to find a magical monster in a story than someone …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Ramya, your brain...it's why you can see through Glamour. It's why you're immune to Sirens. It's...it's incredible. I wish I were like you. I've never met anyone that can do what you do. I swear. It …"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Books are like little pockets of time. Little artifacts from other cultures and other periods of history. You can go to a museum where they put everything behind glass and won't let you touch things.…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

"Maybe you don't need the whole world. Maybe you don't need a fridge full of gold stars. You don't need to fit the mold. You just need one person who believes you're right, just as you are. That the g…"

-Elle McNicoll, Like a Charm

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21. Until The Road Ends

By: Phil Earle

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

Until the Road Ends is the eagerly awaited new novel from the bestselling author of When the Sky T… read more

Similar categories in Phil Earle's Until The Road Ends book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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22. Foxlight

By: Katya Balen

4.06

Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of October, October , winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and … read more

Similar categories in Katya Balen's Foxlight book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6) by M.G. Leonard

23. The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6)

By: M.G. Leonard

4.38

Format: 242 pages, Paperback

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 9 - 11 years The bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series embark… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Arctic Railway Assassin (Adventures on Trains, #6) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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24. Fablehouse (Fablehouse, #1)

By: E.L. Norry

3.83

Format: 372 pages, Kindle Edition

Unlock the legends. Unleash the magic. Save your home. Fablehouse, a mysterious mansion surround… read more

Similar categories in E.L. Norry's Fablehouse (Fablehouse, #1) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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25. De lijst van Violet Sopjes

By: David Vlietstra

4.22

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

'De lijst van Violet Sopjes' van David Vlietstra is een hartverwarmend en uniek verhaal met een fli… read more

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26. The Island at the Edge of Night

By: Lucy Strange

4.40

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

  A twisty-turny shadowy mystery from highly-acclaimed and Waterstones Prize-shortlisted author Luc… read more

Similar categories in Lucy Strange's The Island at the Edge of Night book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • mystery
  • middle grade
  • historical fiction
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27. De macht van Algas

By: Marco Kunst

4.20

Format: 310 pages, Hardcover

Het is 2317. Het water is gestegen en Nederland heeft nieuwe grenzen. Walcheren is het laatste Z… read more

Similar categories in Marco Kunst's De macht van Algas book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

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28. Zoef!

By: Janneke Schotveld

4.37

Format: 146 pages, Kindle Edition

Een grappig en ontroerend verhaal over liefde en afscheid nemen Amir is vreselijk verdrietig. D… read more

Similar categories in Janneke Schotveld's Zoef! book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

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29. Windstil (Dutch Edition)

By: Saskia Eelman

4.04

Format: 171 pages, Kindle Edition

Het waait hier altijd, denkt Jonas. Dat zijn vader geboren is op een eiland wist Jonas wel, alleen… read more

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30. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Emma Carroll's The Tale of Truthwater Lake

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

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31. De toch niet zo eenzame tocht van Torre

By: Annekarijn Overduin

4.14

Format: 214 pages, Hardcover

“Ik kan niet wachten met voorlezen” (Dieuwertje Blok) read more

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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Hiba Noor Khan

4.32

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3.89

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4.01

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