11 Best fantasy books like Alice by Heart by Steven Sater

Cover of Alice by Heart by Steven Sater

Alice by Heart

By: Steven Sater

3.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and first …

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Cover of Dear Evan Hansen by Steven  Levenson, Benj Pasek, Justin  Paul

1. Dear Evan Hansen

By: Steven Levenson , Benj Pasek , Justin Paul

4.34

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

An original musical that explores the poignant desire for human connection in the tumultuous life o… read more

Similar categories in Steven Levenson's Dear Evan Hansen book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • theatre
  • fiction
  • musicals
  • young adult
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2. One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

By: Ellis Peters

4.08

Format: 214 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the summer of 1138, war between King Stephen and the Empress Maud takes Brother Cadfael from the… read more

Similar categories in Ellis Peters's One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2) book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Perhaps thought really is prayer."

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

"All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil."

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

"So, wonder! I also wonder about you," said Cadfael mildly. "Do you know any human creatures who are not strangers, one to another?"

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

"The trouble with me, he thought unhappily, is that I have been about the world long enough to know that God's plans for us, however infallibly good, may not take the form we expect and demand."

-Ellis Peters, One Corpse Too Many (Chronicles of Brother Cadfael, #2)

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3. Red Riding Hood

By: Sarah Blakley-Cartwright , David Leslie Johnson , Catherine Hardwicke

3.47

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

The blacksmith would marry her. The woodcutter would run away with her. The werewolf would turn h… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Blakley-Cartwright's Red Riding Hood book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"His memory loved her too much."

-Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, Red Riding Hood

"With Peter, she was laid bare; he extracted her from herself."

-Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, Red Riding Hood

"The wedding doesn't feel like mine. It feels like I'm being sold."

-Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, Red Riding Hood

" How strange it is to have a sister , Valerie thought. Someone you might have been. "

-Sarah Blakley-Cartwright, Red Riding Hood

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4. Top Girls

By: Caryl Churchill

3.58

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

Set in the early Thatcher years, Top Girls is a seminal play of the modern theatre, revealing a wor… read more

Similar categories in Caryl Churchill's Top Girls book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • theatre
  • fiction
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5. The Road to Oz (Oz, #5)

By: L. Frank Baum

3.74

Format: 261 pages, Paperback

Meet Dorothy's new friends, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright and Polychrome, as you travel with them t… read more

Similar categories in L. Frank Baum's The Road to Oz (Oz, #5) book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"The queerness doesn't matter so long as they're friends."

-L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz (Oz, #5)

"In other words, the more stupid one is, the more he thinks he knows."

-L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz (Oz, #5)

"You have some queer friends, Dorothy,' she said. The queerness doesn't matter, so long as they're friends,' was the answer"

-L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz (Oz, #5)

"Is it a toy?" asked Button-Bright softly. "No, dear," answered Dorothy; "it's better than that. It's the fairy dwelling of a fairy prince."

-L. Frank Baum, The Road to Oz (Oz, #5)

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6. Be More Chill

By: Ned Vizzini

4.39

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jeremy Heere is your average high school dork. Day after day, he stares at beautiful Christine, the… read more

Similar categories in Ned Vizzini's Be More Chill book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • young adult
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7. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

By: Hugh Wheeler , Stephen Sondheim , Christopher Godfrey Bond

2.77

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

According to legend, Sweeney Todd had his barber shop at number 186 Fleet Street, next door to St. … read more

Similar categories in Hugh Wheeler's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction

8. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot

By: Stephen Adly Guirgis

4.18

Format: None pages, Paperback

From one of our most admired playwrights, "an ambitious, complicated and often laugh-out-loud relig… read more

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9. The Monster at the End of this Book

By: Michael J. Smollin , Jon Stone

4.46

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

"On the first page, what did that say? Did that say there will be a Monster at the end of the book?… read more

Similar categories in Michael J. Smollin's The Monster at the End of this Book book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fantasy
  • fiction

10. Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)

By: Gregory Maguire , Douglas Smith

4.34

Format: 132 pages, Paperback

When Dorothy triumphed over the Wicked Witch of the West in L. Frank Baum's classic tale we heard o… read more

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11. Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika

By: Tony Kushner

3.80

Format: 144 pages,

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12. After Alice

By: Gregory Maguire

3.50

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Wickedcomes a magical new twist on Alice's Advent… read more

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13. Mirage (Mirage, #1)

By: Somaiya Daud

3.75

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

A YA fantasy/SF trilogy inspired by the author's Moroccan background, in which a poor girl from an … read more

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14. Tiger Lily

By: Jodi Lynn Anderson

3.00

Format: None pages, ebook

Before Peter Pan belonged to Wendy, he belonged to the girl with the crow feather in her hair... Fi… read more

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15. Black Rain

By: John Bester , Masuji Ibuse

3.92

Format: 32 pages,

Black Rain is centered around the story of a young woman who was caught in the radioactive "black r… read more

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16. The New Teen Titans, Vol. 1

By: Marv Wolfman , George Pérez

3.93

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Writer Marv Wolfman (CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS) and artist George Perez (FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF TH… read more

Similar categories in Marv Wolfman's The New Teen Titans, Vol. 1 book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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17. Stars in Your Eyes

By: Kacen Callender

3.80

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

The National Book Award-winning author of  Felix Ever After  delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Stars in Your Eyes book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
Cover of Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN by Anaïs Mitchell

18. Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN

By: Anaïs Mitchell

4.57

Format: 259 pages, Kindle Edition

"Working On A Song is one of the best books about lyric writing for the theater I've read."—Lin-Man… read more

Similar categories in Anaïs Mitchell's Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • theatre
  • musicals
"A little moonshine ain't no sin"

-Anaïs Mitchell, Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN

"People turn on you just like the wind Everybody is a fair weather friend In the end, you're better off alone"

-Anaïs Mitchell, Working on a Song: The Lyrics of HADESTOWN

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19. Fate Be Changed

By: Farrah Rochon

4.20

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

What if the witch gave Merida a different spell? This New York Times best-selling series twists Dis… read more

Similar categories in Farrah Rochon's Fate Be Changed book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"She detested all this marriage talk. She would never understand why so many lasses wished to tie themselves down before they had a chance to live. "

-Farrah Rochon, Fate Be Changed

"My dad thinks a young lass should be taught the same skills as a lad." "Your dad sounds like a fine gentleman. I think I would like him." "I am counting on it," she said."

-Farrah Rochon, Fate Be Changed

"She had to admit that her mother was right; the pheasant, peas, stewed kale, and oatcakes were best enjoyed hot. She shoveled the food into her mouth, suddenly realizing how ravenous she was after an…"

-Farrah Rochon, Fate Be Changed

"Her heart thudded in time with the horse's hooves pounding into the ground. The trees that lined either side of the glen looked like green water rushing alongside her. The taste of sweet Scots pine s…"

-Farrah Rochon, Fate Be Changed

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20. Wishtress

By: Nadine Brandes

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Hardcover

She didn't ask to be the Wishtress. Myrthe was born with the ability to turn her tears into wish… read more

Similar categories in Nadine Brandes's Wishtress book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"When one fills each day with life, it makes time multiply"

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"We may be on opposite sides, but that doesn't mean we're enemies."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

"I've heard you. I want you to know that.' He held my gaze, his expression intense and determined. 'I know you're trying to get to the Well."

-Nadine Brandes, Wishtress

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21. The Faint of Heart

By: Kerilynn Wilson

3.89

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

What would you do if you were the only person left with a heart? The only person left who felt anyt… read more

Similar categories in Kerilynn Wilson's The Faint of Heart book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Ama duygulara karşı hissizleştirmek, kalbi zayıflatıyor."

-Kerilynn Wilson, The Faint of Heart

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22. Emmett

By: Lev A.C. Rosen

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A modern-day gay YA Emma, with the spikey social critique of Austen plus the lush over-the-top roma… read more

Similar categories in Lev A.C. Rosen's Emmett book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Dear Evan Hansen by Val Emmich

23. Dear Evan Hansen

By: Val Emmich

3.88

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the show's creators comes the groundbreaking novel inspired by the Broadway smash hit Dear Eva… read more

Similar categories in Val Emmich's Dear Evan Hansen book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • young adult
"The me I am is not the me I was."

-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

"It reminds me of that saying: “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree."

-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

"There is nothing unrealistic about the love that one man feels for another"

-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

"Meh is basically a shoulder shrug, and that pretty much sums up the reaction I get from society at large."

-Val Emmich, Dear Evan Hansen

Cover of Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) by Kacen Callender

24. Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1)

By: Kacen Callender

3.49

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Infinity Alchemist is a spellbinding novel about a quest that leads three young alchemists toward u… read more

Similar categories in Kacen Callender's Infinity Alchemist (Infinity Alchemist, #1) book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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25. Alice by Heart

By: Steven Sater

3.13

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A teen girl takes refuge in a London Tube station during WWII and confronts grief, loss, and first … read more

Similar categories in Steven Sater's Alice by Heart book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • retellings
  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • world war ii
  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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26. Losing Sam

By: Nicole Maser

4.31

Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition

New Recommended for ages 18+Jess Miller is a focused, driven high school senior whose only goal is… read more

Similar categories in Nicole Maser's Losing Sam book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix by Anna-Marie McLemore

27. Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

By: Anna-Marie McLemore

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

New York City, 1922. Nicolás Caraveo, a 17-year-old transgender boy from Minnesota, has no interest… read more

Similar categories in Anna-Marie McLemore's Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • retellings
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our own lives, from the ribs of the girls we were once assumed to be."

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"Gatsby and I may have been nothing to men like Tom Buchanan, but men like that did not know we were as divine as the heavens. We were boys who had created ourselves. We had formed our own bodies, our…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

"There's no use denying that I fell a little bit in love with Jay, at least as much in love as I've ever been with any body. You see, Nicky, boys are always falling in love with me, but I don't fall m…"

-Anna-Marie McLemore, Self-Made Boys: A Great Gatsby Remix

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28. Here for the Right Reasons

By: Jodi McAlister

3.62

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A hilarious and heart-warming romantic comedy that examines how the unlikeliest of loves can bloom … read more

Similar categories in Jodi McAlister's Here for the Right Reasons book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
Cover of Through the Moon: A Graphic Novel (The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #1) by Peter Wartman

29. Through the Moon: A Graphic Novel (The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #1)

By: Peter Wartman

4.21

Format: 126 pages, Paperback

Don't miss this exclusive, original story set between seasons 3 and 4 of the hit animated series Th… read more

Similar categories in Peter Wartman's Through the Moon: A Graphic Novel (The Dragon Prince Graphic Novel #1) book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of The Wicked Remain (The Grimrose Girls, #2) by Laura Pohl

30. The Wicked Remain (The Grimrose Girls, #2)

By: Laura Pohl

3.79

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

At Grimrose Académie, the fairy-tale deaths continue. And unless the curse is broken, one of the gi… read more

Similar categories in Laura Pohl's The Wicked Remain (The Grimrose Girls, #2) book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • retellings
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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31. Pippin

By: Stephen Schwartz

3.90

Format: 83 pages, Hardcover

This is a musical fable very loosely inspired by the life of Pepin, the son of the emperor Charlema… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Schwartz's Pippin book and Steven Sater's Alice by Heart

  • theatre
  • musicals
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"People like the way dreams have of sticking to the soul."

-Stephen Schwartz, Pippin

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4.34

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Ellis Peters

4.08

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Sarah Blakley-Cartwright , David Leslie Johnson , Catherine Hardwicke

3.47

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Kara Swanson

4.26

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Morgan L. Busse

4.12

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Ashley Bustamante

4.22

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