10 must-read childrens books like Goblin Market by Diane Zahler

Cover of Goblin Market by Diane Zahler

Goblin Market

By: Diane Zahler

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

One sister must save the other from the goblin prince in this rich, spooky, and delightfully dark f…

"It would be squash fritters, squash pudding, pierogies stuffed with squash until autumn. Every year they ate squash until they were sick of it."

-Diane Zahler, Goblin Market

"It would be squash fritters, squash pudding, pierogies stuffed with squash until autumn. Every year they ate squash until they were sick of it."

-Diane Zahler, Goblin Market

"It would be squash fritters, squash pudding, pierogies stuffed with squash until autumn. Every year they ate squash until they were sick of it."

-Diane Zahler, Goblin Market

If you liked the childrens plot in Goblin Market by Diane Zahler , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of Goblin Market by Joyce Carol Oates, William Morris, Laurence Housman, Christina Rossetti, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1. Goblin Market

By: Joyce Carol Oates , William Morris , Laurence Housman , Christina Rossetti , Dante Gabriel Rossetti

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's Goblin Market book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly

2. The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog

By: Adam Gidwitz , Hatem Aly

4.00

Format: None pages,

An exciting and hilarious medieval adventure from the bestselling author of A Tale Dark and Grimm. … read more

Similar categories in Adam Gidwitz's The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Baba Yaga's Assistant by Emily Carroll, Marika McCoola

3. Baba Yaga's Assistant

By: Emily Carroll , Marika McCoola

3.88

Format: 132 pages, Hardcover

ASSISTANT WANTED ASAP Must have skills in hauling, obeying orders, cooking, and cleaning. Magical … read more

Similar categories in Emily Carroll's Baba Yaga's Assistant book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fairy tales
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Naughty children have to be protected. Even if it's just from themselves."

-Emily Carroll, Baba Yaga's Assistant

4. Paddington Abroad (Paddington Bear, #4)

By: Michael Bond , Peggy Fortnum

4.00

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Paddington gets himself into one scrape after another on a family trip to France, including acciden… read more

Similar categories in Michael Bond's Paddington Abroad (Paddington Bear, #4) book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

Cover of A Multitude of Dreams by Mara Rutherford

5. A Multitude of Dreams

By: Mara Rutherford

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

The bloody plague is finally past, but what fresh horror lies in its wake? Princess Imogen of Go… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rutherford's A Multitude of Dreams book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Leeva at Last by Sara Pennypacker

6. Leeva at Last

By: Sara Pennypacker

4.10

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A tale about a precocious girl who transforms her community in surprising ways. What are people … read more

Similar categories in Sara Pennypacker's Leeva at Last book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Olivetti by Allie Millington

7. Olivetti

By: Allie Millington

4.10

Format: 253 pages, Hardcover

Being a typewriter is not as easy as it looks. Surrounded by books (notorious attention hogs) and r… read more

Similar categories in Allie Millington's Olivetti book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of All the Dead Lie Down by Kyrie McCauley

8. All the Dead Lie Down

By: Kyrie McCauley

3.76

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The Haunting of Bly Manor meets House of Salt and Sorrows in award-winning author Kyrie McCauley’s … read more

Similar categories in Kyrie McCauley's All the Dead Lie Down book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • horror
Cover of Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) by Kiersten White

9. Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1)

By: Kiersten White

3.75

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

A middle-grade mystery series that's spooky, creepy, and filled with gothic twists! Meet the Sinist… read more

Similar categories in Kiersten White's Wretched Waterpark (Sinister Summer, #1) book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Valkyrie's Daughter (The Helheim Prophecy #1) by Tiana Warner

10. The Valkyrie's Daughter (The Helheim Prophecy #1)

By: Tiana Warner

3.71

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From the time she was born, Sigrid has only ever been ordinary. Being paired at birth with a plain … read more

Similar categories in Tiana Warner's The Valkyrie's Daughter (The Helheim Prophecy #1) book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Not Quite a Ghost by Anne Ursu

11. Not Quite a Ghost

By: Anne Ursu

4.08

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

From the award-winning author of The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy comes an unforgettable and … read more

Similar categories in Anne Ursu's Not Quite a Ghost book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

12. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Poison Season by Mara Rutherford

13. The Poison Season

By: Mara Rutherford

3.68

Format: 390 pages, Hardcover

Outsiders are always given a choice: the Forest or the lake. Either way, they're never heard from a… read more

Similar categories in Mara Rutherford's The Poison Season book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Navola by Paolo Bacigalupi

14. Navola

By: Paolo Bacigalupi

3.92

Format: 576 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of Wind-Up Girl and The Water Knife comes a sweeping li… read more

Similar categories in Paolo Bacigalupi's Navola book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Cloak of Scarlet (The Dericott Tales, #5) by Melanie Dickerson

15. Cloak of Scarlet (The Dericott Tales, #5)

By: Melanie Dickerson

4.04

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

She was an orphan of no importance . . . Violet Lambton never imagined herself as anything but a… read more

Similar categories in Melanie Dickerson's Cloak of Scarlet (The Dericott Tales, #5) book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • retellings
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"He reminded her of a small boy flexing his arm and saying, “Look at my muscles."

-Melanie Dickerson, Cloak of Scarlet (The Dericott Tales, #5)

"*God, give me faith like my grandmother’s, faith like a child’s, faith as a mustard seed that nevertheless can move a mountain.*"

-Melanie Dickerson, Cloak of Scarlet (The Dericott Tales, #5)

"She seemed much more inclined to trust him now, but could her feelings change so much that she could fall in love with him? Merek had never shied away from a challenge."

-Melanie Dickerson, Cloak of Scarlet (The Dericott Tales, #5)

Cover of Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino

16. Not Good for Maidens

By: Tori Bovalino

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Salem’s Lot meets The Darkest Part of the Forest in this horror-fantasy retelling of Christina Ross… read more

Similar categories in Tori Bovalino's Not Good for Maidens book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • retellings
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
"Lou felt like she'd fallen headfirst into the rabbit hole, if that rabbit hole was also a thrift store run by two bunnies on ecstasy."

-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens

"It had taken her a while to figure it out, skirting around the Queer Club at school and going to virtual talks with Neela and in-person events with May, but once she tried the ace label on, she felt …"

-Tori Bovalino, Not Good for Maidens

Cover of The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark

17. The Dead Cat Tail Assassins

By: P. Djèlí Clark

4.05

Format: 213 pages, Hardcover

The Dead Cat Tail Assassins are not cats. Nor do they have tails. But they are most assuredly… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Dead Cat Tail Assassins book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • magic
  • fiction
Cover of The New Girl (The New Girl #1) by Cassandra Calin

18. The New Girl (The New Girl #1)

By: Cassandra Calin

4.33

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Instagram sensation and Tapas webcomic superstar Cassandra Calin makes her long-form debut with thi… read more

Similar categories in Cassandra Calin's The New Girl (The New Girl #1) book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Goblin Market by Diane Zahler

19. Goblin Market

By: Diane Zahler

3.84

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

One sister must save the other from the goblin prince in this rich, spooky, and delightfully dark f… read more

Similar categories in Diane Zahler's Goblin Market book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fairy tales
  • retellings
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • magic
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"It would be squash fritters, squash pudding, pierogies stuffed with squash until autumn. Every year they ate squash until they were sick of it."

-Diane Zahler, Goblin Market

Cover of We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 by Shelia P. Moses

20. We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963

By: Shelia P. Moses

4.19

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

The powerful story of an eleven-year-old Black boy determined to stand up for his rights, who's pul… read more

Similar categories in Shelia P. Moses's We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963 book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Hum by Helen          Phillips

21. Hum

By: Helen Phillips

3.58

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the National Book Award–longlisted author of The Need comes an extraordinary novel about a wif… read more

Similar categories in Helen Phillips's Hum book and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror

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