9 best-selling historical fiction books like The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

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The Year the Maps Changed

By: Danielle Binks

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 199…

"Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They’re like us humans that way."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They’re like us humans that way."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

If you liked the historical fiction plot in The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks , here is a list of 9 books like this:

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1. You Go First

By: Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Funny and poignant, acclaimed author Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go Firstis an engaging exploration of… read more

Similar categories in Erin Entrada Kelly's You Go First book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • middle grade
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

2. The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye (Enola Holmes, #6)

By: Nancy Springer

3.37

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

In the series conclusion, Enola searches for missing Lady Blanchefleur while her brother Sherlock s… read more

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3. The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Enola Holmes, #5)

By: Nancy Springer

3.67

Format: 499 pages,

Other than her occasional run-ins with her brother Sherlock, and missing her mother, Enola has litt… read more

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4. The Secrets We Share (The Secrets We Keep, #2)

By: Nova Weetman

3.25

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Clem is slowly rebuilding her life after a house fire destroyed everything. She's about to start hi… read more

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5. The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Enola Holmes, #4)

By: Nancy Springer

4.07

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

When Enola Holmes encounters her friend Lady Cecily hiding behind a pink fan, she finds it peculiar… read more

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6. Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

By: James Sturm

4.43

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams’s beloved story of a group of ra… read more

Similar categories in James Sturm's Watership Down: The Graphic Novel book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • middle grade
  • fiction
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7. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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8. No Fixed Address

By: Susin Nielsen

4.24

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade story about family, friendship, and growing up when you're one step away from homele… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"I get why Winnie believes in God. I get why Dylan believes in Bernard. I get why I wanted to believe in Mel. It can give a person comfort, feeling that something mysterious and otherworldly is lookin…"

-Susin Nielsen, No Fixed Address

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9. The Space Between the Stars

By: Indira Naidoo

4.06

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

"A tender, touching and at times bloody funny meditation on life. And death. And how to live."  - D… read more

Similar categories in Indira Naidoo's The Space Between the Stars book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • australia
  • audiobook
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10. Runt

By: Craig Silvey

4.46

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

A heart-warming, funny, beautifully told story for readers of all ages from the bestselling author … read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • audiobook
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11. Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche (Enola Holmes, #7)

By: Nancy Springer

4.16

Format: 261 pages, Hardcover

Enola Holmes is the much younger sister of her more famous brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft. But she … read more

Similar categories in Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche (Enola Holmes, #7) book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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12. Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer

By: Amy Doak

3.69

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Eleanor Jones has just started at her ninth high school in less than five years. Since she and her … read more

Similar categories in Amy Doak's Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • young adult
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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13. Scar Town

By: Tristan Bancks

4.04

Format: 188 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Will Haddon and his twin friends, Dar and Juno, find a safe full of money and human… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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14. Sick Bay

By: Nova Weetman

4.28

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

Meg uses Sick Bay to hide from other kids. She’s struggling with changes at home, wears slippers to… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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15. Grace Notes

By: Karen Comer

4.16

Format: 327 pages, Paperback

  , This song has a grace note a tiny note that's there for embellishment but can easily be ignored… read more

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  • young adult
  • australia
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"Restrictions can't stop our music, can't stop us."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"together we weave a set of colours so beautiful that surely every listener's heart expands"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"The world has stopped still, yet we can feel our frenzied, uncertain energy spinning the Earth."

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

"Surely traditions have to evolve? Surely daughters can choose their own happiness? Surely our world can handle this new virus?"

-Karen Comer, Grace Notes

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16. We Are Wolves

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.34

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Sometimes it's good to be wild. Sometimes you have to be wild. When the Russian Army marches … read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Books are treasure."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"How do you thank someone for saving your sister?"

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

"I don't want to stop because when the songs and rhymes and stories and all the German words are gone, I will be gone. Liesl Anna Wolf will be no more."

-Katrina Nannestad, We Are Wolves

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17. Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.51

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning writer Katrina Nannestad transports us to Russia and the Great Patriotic War and into… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Rabbit, Soldier, Angel, Thief book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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18. Silver Linings

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.32

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

A new heartwarming novel set in 1950s Australia from bestselling author Katrina Nannestad Nettie… read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Silver Linings book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • family
  • historical fiction
"How can anyone eat now that Billy is gone? How can we even breathe?"

-Katrina Nannestad, Silver Linings

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19. Tiger Daughter

By: Rebecca Lim

4.07

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

IBBY Honour List 2024 A Kirkus, Booklist, She Reads and Amazon Best Book of 2023 Winner, People's… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • australia
  • audiobook
"It's aiming for the peaks,' I tell him, 'and swimming through the troughs so that there are moments where you can just float under the sun and see how far you've come."

-Rebecca Lim, Tiger Daughter

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20. The Glass House

By: Anne Buist

3.89

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

Welcome to The Menzies. Trainee psychiatrist Doctor Hannah Wright, a country girl with a chaotic hi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • australia
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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21. Outlaw Girls

By: Emily Gale

4.04

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Kate and Ruby live in the High Country in Victoria. They're both daring, quick-thinking and prepare… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
  • contemporary
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22. Omar Rising

By: Aisha Saeed

4.22

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

Omar knows his scholarship to Ghalib Academy Boarding School is a game changer, providing him - the… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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23. Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (Enola Holmes, #9)

By: Nancy Springer

4.10

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

In May of 1890, Enola Holmes is finally fully on her own and, no longer hiding from her older broth… read more

Similar categories in Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (Enola Holmes, #9) book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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24. The Year the Maps Changed

By: Danielle Binks

4.17

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hollow meets The Thing About Jellyfish in Danielle Binks’s debut middle grade novel set in 199… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • family
  • historical fiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
"Maps lie. Or at least, they don’t always tell the truth. They’re like us humans that way."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"Lately I’d been wondering what piece Mum took with her when she died, and I’d been thinking about the Winnie I would have been if she hadn’t."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"I was eleven when everything started and twelve by the end. But that’s another way that maps don’t tell the whole truth – because it felt like the distance I travelled was a lot further than that."

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

"my mum used to say that you had two hands:one to help yourself,and one t help others". then she sighed "though sometimes i wonder if the hand we use to help others moves a bit slower and with less pu…"

-Danielle Binks, The Year the Maps Changed

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25. Waiting for the Storks

By: Katrina Nannestad

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The powerful new novel from master storyteller Katrina Nannestad. I don't want to remember the … read more

Similar categories in Katrina Nannestad's Waiting for the Storks book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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26. A Perfect Mistake

By: Melanie Conklin

4.13

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A moving, voice-driven novel about friendship, responsibility, and fighting against unfair expectat… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Conklin's A Perfect Mistake book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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27. Can I Steal You for a Second?

By: Jodi McAlister

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

When you sign up to a dating show, you’re supposed to fall in love with the male lead, not another … read more

Similar categories in Jodi McAlister's Can I Steal You for a Second? book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • audiobook
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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28. The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3)

By: Nova Weetman

4.14

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Clem Timmins can't wait to see her best friends after being apart all summer holidays. But when the… read more

Similar categories in Nova Weetman's The Edge of Thirteen (The Secrets We Keep, #3) book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • family
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • contemporary
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29. Growing Up Disabled in Australia

By: Carly Findlay

4.39

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A rich collection of writing from those negotiating disability in their lives - a group whose voice… read more

Similar categories in Carly Findlay's Growing Up Disabled in Australia book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • australia
  • audiobook
"I want to sit with my best friend and ask about bras, scars, tingling sensations and numb nipples. Instead, I’m stuck having clinical conversations."

-Carly Findlay, Growing Up Disabled in Australia

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30. Wallaby Lane

By: Maya Linnell

4.36

Format: 390 pages, Kindle Edition

A pitch-perfect new rural romance from the bestselling author of Kookaburra Cottage.'The perfect re… read more

Similar categories in Maya Linnell's Wallaby Lane book and Danielle Binks's The Year the Maps Changed

  • contemporary
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31. The Many Meanings of Meilan

By: Andrea Wang

4.22

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

A family feud before the start of seventh grade propels Meilan from Boston's Chinatown to rural Ohi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • family
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook

20 Best fiction books like The Year the Maps Changed by Danielle Binks

Transform Your Habits

You Go First

Erin Entrada Kelly

3.78

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Watership Down: The Graphic Novel

James Sturm

4.43

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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No Fixed Address

Susin Nielsen

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20 Top fiction books like Watership Down: The Graphic Novel by James Sturm

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Richard Adams

3.83

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James Sturm

4.43

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Shawnelle Gibbs

4.13

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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