20 best-selling middle grade books like A Secret of Birds & Bone by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Cover of A Secret of Birds & Bone by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

A Secret of Birds & Bone

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of The Girl of Ink & Stars, winner of the Wa…

If you liked the middle grade plot in A Secret of Birds & Bone by Kiran Millwood Hargrave , here is a list of 20 books like this:

Cover of How to Bee by Bren MacDibble

1. How to Bee

By: Bren MacDibble

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

For 8-12 year olds - and all those who love middle grade fiction. Peony lives with her sister and g… read more

Similar categories in Bren MacDibble's How to Bee book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult

2. Arsenic for Tea (Murder Most Unladylike Mysteries, #2)

By: Robin Stevens

3.97

Format: 649 pages, Paperback

Schoolgirl detectives Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are at Daisy's home, Fallingford, for the holidays… read more

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3. The Bone Sparrow

By: Zana Fraillon

3.82

Format: 4 pages, Hardcover

Subhi is a refugee. Born in an Australian permanent detention center after his mother and sister fl… read more

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4. First Class Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery

By: Robin Stevens

3.48

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong are taking a holiday through Europe on the world-famous Orient Express. … read more

Similar categories in Robin Stevens's First Class Murder: A Murder Most Unladylike Mystery book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

5. Rooftoppers

By: Katherine Rundell

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no other recorded female survivors from … read more

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6. 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 Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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7. The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1)

By: Zohra Nabi

4.13

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Aru Shah meets One Thousand and One Nights in this lavish middle grade adventure following a girl w… read more

Similar categories in Zohra Nabi's The Kingdom Over the Sea (The Kingdom Over the Sea #1) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Storm of Sisters (A Pinch of Magic, #4) by Michelle Harrison

8. A Storm of Sisters (A Pinch of Magic, #4)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.34

Format: 339 pages, Paperback

There are secrets hidden beneath the ice . . . bring the magic home in the frosty fourth instalment… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Storm of Sisters (A Pinch of Magic, #4) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
Cover of The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) by Phil Hickes

9. The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1)

By: Phil Hickes

4.13

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when sh… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3) by Michelle Harrison

10. A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.38

Format: 334 pages, Paperback

Everyone knows that magic and trouble go hand in hand... A dangerous spell cast over an unsuspec… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Tangle of Spells (A Pinch of Magic, #3) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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11. The Stargazers

By: Harriet Evans

3.90

Format: 479 pages, Kindle Edition

Sunday Times Top 5 bestselling author Harriet Evans returns with an unputdownable tale of the infin… read more

Similar categories in Harriet Evans's The Stargazers book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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12. 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 Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Thief Who Sang Storms by Sophie   Anderson

13. The Thief Who Sang Storms

By: Sophie Anderson

4.08

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

The Island of Morovia is shaped like a broken heart. The humans live on one side of the island, and… read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Thief Who Sang Storms book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
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14. The Castle of Tangled Magic

By: Sophie Anderson

4.01

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Magic and whimsy meet in this Howl's Moving Castle for a new generation from the critically adored … read more

Similar categories in Sophie Anderson's The Castle of Tangled Magic book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"To live is to make mistakes. I didn't understand her then, but I do now. Making mistakes means we're trying and doing and adventuring and learning. They mean we're living."

-Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

"It's hard for humans to keep their belief in magic as they grow older. You want to understand things, so you build ideas of what the world is in your minds, then reject anything that doesn't fit into…"

-Sophie Anderson, The Castle of Tangled Magic

Cover of The Star Outside My Window by Onjali Q. Raúf

15. The Star Outside My Window

By: Onjali Q. Raúf

4.32

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

My mum is up there somewhere. She's waiting -- I can feel it. I just have to find her in time, that… read more

Similar categories in Onjali Q. Raúf's The Star Outside My Window book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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16. Needle

By: Patrice Lawrence

3.69

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Award-winning author Patrice Lawrence explores the harsh reality of the criminal justice system for… read more

Similar categories in Patrice Lawrence's Needle book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2) by Michelle Harrison

17. A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.15

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

The family curse has been lifted and the Widdershins sisters: Betty, Fliss and Charlie are free to … read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Sprinkle of Sorcery (A Pinch of Magic, #2) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) by Michelle Harrison

18. A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1)

By: Michelle Harrison

4.07

Format: 368 pages, ebook

A spellbinding middle grade fantasy about three sisters--adventurous Betty, curious Charlie, and pr… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Harrison's A Pinch of Magic (A Pinch of Magic, #1) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Bewitching of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #2) by Phil Hickes

19. The Bewitching of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #2)

By: Phil Hickes

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Turn on your torches and join Aveline Jones! Aveline is thrilled when she discovers that the hol… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Bewitching of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #2) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories by Kelly Barnhill

20. Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories

By: Kelly Barnhill

3.67

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Author Kelly Barnhill has written a collection of stories, teeming with uncanny characters whose li… read more

Similar categories in Kelly Barnhill's Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fiction
  • magical realism
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"I will catch you. I will claim you. I will love you to bits."

-Kelly Barnhill, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories

"To be human is to lie, after all. Our minds tell lies to our hearts and our hearts tell lies to our souls."

-Kelly Barnhill, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories

"Lost, yes, but there was a freedom in being lost. There was a freedom in abandonment too, if you thought about it right."

-Kelly Barnhill, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories

"He feels a needle in his heart, and he sees her wince. Is it the same needle? he wonders. Is it the same thread, pulling at my heart and her heart? "

-Kelly Barnhill, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories

Cover of A Secret of Birds & Bone by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

21. A Secret of Birds & Bone

By: Kiran Millwood Hargrave

3.94

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

The spellbinding new novel from the bestselling author of The Girl of Ink & Stars, winner of the Wa… read more

Similar categories in Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • italy
  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Darwin's Dragons by Lindsay Galvin

22. Darwin's Dragons

By: Lindsay Galvin

4.14

Format: 308 pages, Paperback

1835. Cabin boy Syms Covington is on the voyage of a lifetime to the Galapagos Islands with the wor… read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Galvin's Darwin's Dragons book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
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23. Black Heat

By: Bex Hogan

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Exile. Rebel. Healer. Three underestimated women, destined to be brought together by revenge in thi… read more

Similar categories in Bex Hogan's Black Heat book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
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24. A Curse of Salt

By: Sarah Street

3.77

Format: 342 pages, Paperback

In a kingdom that fears the sea, Ria Lucroy longs to be brave. Bodies are washing ashore and eve… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Street's A Curse of Salt book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
Cover of Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons by Abi Elphinstone

25. Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons

By: Abi Elphinstone

4.35

Format: 253 pages, Kindle Edition

A magical NEW story filled with adventure, wonder and edge-of-your-seat excitement, set in a world … read more

Similar categories in Abi Elphinstone's Ember Spark and the Thunder of Dragons book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
Cover of The Night Animals by Sarah Ann Juckes

26. The Night Animals

By: Sarah Ann Juckes

4.01

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Uncover the ghost animals within in this moving and uplifting story about finding help where you ne… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Ann Juckes's The Night Animals book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of All the Better to See You (Tales at Midnight #1) by Gina Blaxill

27. All the Better to See You (Tales at Midnight #1)

By: Gina Blaxill

3.62

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Legend tells of a fearsome wolf who stalks the forest. Red is well versed in the stories of the be… read more

Similar categories in Gina Blaxill's All the Better to See You (Tales at Midnight #1) book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) by Katherine Rundell

28. 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 Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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)

Cover of The Time Tider by Sinéad O'Hart

29. The Time Tider

By: Sinéad O'Hart

4.17

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

Mara and her dad have lived in their van for as long as she can remember. Whatever her father does … read more

Similar categories in Sinéad O'Hart's The Time Tider book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Ice Children by M.G. Leonard

30. The Ice Children

By: M.G. Leonard

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

At the stroke of midnight on the dawn of December, five-year-old Finn Albedo is found frozen on a p… read more

Similar categories in M.G. Leonard's The Ice Children book and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's A Secret of Birds & Bone

  • childrens
Cover of Wilder by Penny Chrimes

31. Wilder

By: Penny Chrimes

4.12

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A desperate village. A child who emerges from the marshes. A falcon that helps her save them all. … read more

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Bren MacDibble

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Zohra Nabi

4.13

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Matt Goodfellow

4.71

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