14 must-read fantasy books like Rules for Vampires by Alex Foulkes

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Rules for Vampires

By: Alex Foulkes

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Nevermoor series meets Hotel Transylvania in this dazzling debut middle grade adventure set in …

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Cover of One for All by Lillie Lainoff

1. One for All

By: Lillie Lainoff

3.88

Format: 389 pages, Hardcover

An OwnVoices, gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers, in which a girl with a chronic illness… read more

Similar categories in Lillie Lainoff's One for All book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • fantasy
  • young adult
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2. Linked

By: Gordon Korman

4.18

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Link, Michael, and Dana live in a quiet town. But it's woken up very quickly when someone sneaks in… read more

Similar categories in Gordon Korman's Linked book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"A paper chain can be done when it hits a certain number of links. But tolerance is a project you always have to keep working at."

-Gordon Korman, Linked

Cover of The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac  Blum

3. The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

By: Isaac Blum

4.01

Format: 218 pages, Hardcover

The Chosen meets Darius the Great in this irreverent and timely story of worlds colliding in friend… read more

Similar categories in Isaac Blum's The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • young adult
  • audiobook
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4. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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5. Across the Desert

By: Dusti Bowling

4.23

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

One girl sets out on a journey across the treacherous Arizona desert to rescue a young pilot strand… read more

Similar categories in Dusti Bowling's Across the Desert book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Clackity (Blight Harbor) by Lora Senf

6. The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

By: Lora Senf

4.04

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces , this “delightfully eerie” (Erin A. Craig, New York Tim… read more

Similar categories in Lora Senf's The Clackity (Blight Harbor) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • halloween
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
"Time made the missing different, but it didn't make it go away."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

"I'd gotten so close, so close to being the hero of my own story..."

-Lora Senf, The Clackity (Blight Harbor)

Cover of Tumble by Celia C. Pérez

7. Tumble

By: Celia C. Pérez

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The First Rule of Punk, a dazzling novel about a young girl who co… read more

Similar categories in Celia C. Pérez's Tumble book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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8. A Forgery of Roses

By: Jessica S. Olson

3.73

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Myra Whitlock has a gift. One many would kill for. She’s an artist whose portraits alter people’s r… read more

Similar categories in Jessica S. Olson's A Forgery of Roses book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • fantasy
  • magic
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I was going to do some more work when I got home, but…"

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"A love for books is the best indicator of a curious mind."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Lucy grimaces at me. “I ran into Marie and Beth while we were out."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

"Art holds magic. It captures how it feels to be alive, with all its aches and sorrows and joy."

-Jessica S. Olson, A Forgery of Roses

Cover of Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) by Kevin Sands

9. Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1)

By: Kevin Sands

4.25

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Five kids with unusual talents are brought together to commit an impossible crime. A magic-infus… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sands's Children of the Fox (Thieves of Shadow, #1) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) by A.F. Steadman

10. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) by Dhonielle Clayton

11. The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1)

By: Dhonielle Clayton

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Author Dhonielle Clayton makes her middle-grade debut with a fantasy adventure set in a global magi… read more

Similar categories in Dhonielle Clayton's The Marvellers (The Conjureverse, #1) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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12. Rain Rising

By: Courtne Comrie

4.35

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This dazzling debut middle grade novel in verse is a riveting journey toward self-acceptance for fa… read more

Similar categories in Courtne Comrie's Rain Rising book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango

13. Iveliz Explains It All

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Library Binding

How do you speak up when it feels like no one is listening? One girl takes on seventh grade while f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Iveliz Explains It All book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"and it's important to stop, be kind to ourselves, and ask for help- ask for love."

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"But you have to be somewhere I can find. You understand? Somewhere I can find. I nod, because I know what he is saying and what he is not saying. He can't find me if I'm not here. (p. 113 of the hard…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

"I am not okay, and sometimes I wish people wouldn't believe me when I say I am. I wish they would ask, just one more time, and I wish they wouldn't tiptoe around me like I'm a poem, so I could show t…"

-Andrea Beatriz Arango, Iveliz Explains It All

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14. Hummingbird

By: Natalie Lloyd

4.37

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Natalie Lloyd returns with her most personal book to date, a story about a girl … read more

Similar categories in Natalie Lloyd's Hummingbird book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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15. Dust & Grim

By: Chuck Wendig

3.74

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A middle grade adventure about rival siblings running a monster mortuary.​Thirteen-year-old Molly d… read more

Similar categories in Chuck Wendig's Dust & Grim book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone by Tae Keller

16. Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

By: Tae Keller

4.17

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A story about a girl who is alienated by her friends . . . for believing in aliens. Sometimes m… read more

Similar categories in Tae Keller's Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"I had to make her understand that this mattered--what people thought had everything to do with who she was. Because how do we know who we are without knowing our place in the world?"

-Tae Keller, Jennifer Chan Is Not Alone

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17. The Girl in the Lake

By: India Hill Brown

3.79

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

For fans of Small Spaces, Doll Bones, and Mary Downing Hahn, a truly chilling (and historically ins… read more

Similar categories in India Hill Brown's The Girl in the Lake book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
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18. Concealed

By: Christina Diaz Gonzalez

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ivette Joanna And now: Katrina Whatever her name is, it won't last long. Katrina doesn't k… read more

Similar categories in Christina Diaz Gonzalez's Concealed book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
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19. Falling Short

By: Ernesto Cisneros

4.08

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A novel about two best friends who must rely on each other in unexpected ways. Isaac and Marco a… read more

Similar categories in Ernesto Cisneros's Falling Short book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • audiobook
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20. Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero

By: Saadia Faruqi

4.19

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas—and nearly that long waiting fo… read more

Similar categories in Saadia Faruqi's Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1) by Julie Kagawa

21. Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1)

By: Julie Kagawa

3.99

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl is the first book in a globe-trotting adventure that com… read more

Similar categories in Julie Kagawa's Shinji Takahashi and the Mark of the Coatl (Society of Explorers and Adventurers, #1) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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22. Stateless

By: Elizabeth Wein

3.91

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A murder mystery set in 1937 Europe with intrigue, glamour, secrets, and betrayal. When Stella Nort… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Wein's Stateless book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Language of Seabirds by Will  Taylor

23. The Language of Seabirds

By: Will Taylor

4.22

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

A sweet, tender middle-grade story of two boys finding first love with each other over a seaside su… read more

Similar categories in Will Taylor's The Language of Seabirds book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Rules for Vampires by Alex Foulkes

24. Rules for Vampires

By: Alex Foulkes

3.72

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The Nevermoor series meets Hotel Transylvania in this dazzling debut middle grade adventure set in … read more

Similar categories in Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • ghosts
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • halloween
  • vampires
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
  • audiobook
Cover of Fear Ground (Dread Wood, #2) by Jennifer Killick

25. Fear Ground (Dread Wood, #2)

By: Jennifer Killick

4.24

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

The brand new must-read middle-grade novel from the author of Crater Lake. Perfect for 9+ fans of R… read more

Similar categories in Jennifer Killick's Fear Ground (Dread Wood, #2) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • audiobook
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • horror
Cover of Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) by Olivia Abtahi

26. Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1)

By: Olivia Abtahi

3.92

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Iranian-American Parvin Mohammadi sets out to win the ultimate date to homecoming… read more

Similar categories in Olivia Abtahi's Perfectly Parvin (Perfectly Parvin, #1) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) by Kalynn  Bayron

27. The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1)

By: Kalynn Bayron

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In the world of the Vanquishers, vampires were history . . . until now.Malika “Boog” Wilson and her… read more

Similar categories in Kalynn Bayron's The Vanquishers (The Vanquishers, #1) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • vampires
  • paranormal
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack

28. Black Bird, Blue Road

By: Sofiya Pasternack

4.15

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

In this historical fantasy novel from Sydney Taylor Honor winner and National Jewish Book Award fin… read more

Similar categories in Sofiya Pasternack's Black Bird, Blue Road book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) by Alex London

29. City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

By: Alex London

3.97

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a modern mega-city built around dragons, one boy gets caught up in the world of underground drag… read more

Similar categories in Alex London's City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1) book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • audiobook
"Secrets between friends are like dragon bile."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"Um..." Abel feared "um" was officially his catchphrase."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"WW3D" they added, which was a code they used whenever one of them was feeling nervous about something."

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

"How do you know it's a him?" Abel asked. "He's not wearing his pronouns on a name tag." "Male Sunrise Reapers have orange eyes," Roa said. "Females have red or yellow." "But what if he's nonbinary?" …"

-Alex London, City of Thieves (Battle Dragons #1)

Cover of The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls by James  Bird

30. The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls

By: James Bird

3.93

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade novel by James Bird about a boy sent to his Ojibwe family to straighten out his life… read more

Similar categories in James Bird's The Second Chance of Benjamin Waterfalls book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
Cover of The Swag Is in the Socks by Kelly J. Baptist

31. The Swag Is in the Socks

By: Kelly J. Baptist

4.15

Format: 234 pages, Hardcover

Xavier Moon is stepping out of the shadows when his great uncle gifts his with outlandish socks and… read more

Similar categories in Kelly J. Baptist's The Swag Is in the Socks book and Alex Foulkes's Rules for Vampires

  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • audiobook

28 must-read audiobook books like Rules for Vampires by Alex Foulkes

Transform Your Habits

Linked

Gordon Korman

4.18

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The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen

Isaac Blum

4.01

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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Across the Desert

Dusti Bowling

4.23

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9 Top audiobook books like Fear Ground (Dread Wood, #2) by Jennifer Killick

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Tyger

S.F. Said

4.17

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Mermedusa (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #5)

Thomas Taylor

4.47

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The Last Bookwanderer (Pages & Co., #6)

Anna James

4.25

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Festergrimm (The Legends of Eerie-on-Sea, #4)

Thomas Taylor

4.32

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