14 must-read nonfiction books like The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior by C.M. Surrisi

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The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

By: C.M. Surrisi

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

How many female Viking warriors does it take to make a fact? When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Heden…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior by C.M. Surrisi , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Hungry Ghost

By: Victoria Ying

4.01

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

A beautiful and heart-wrenching young adult graphic novel takes a look at eating disorders, family … read more

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2. Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy

By: Faith Erin Hicks

3.96

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

New York Times bestseller Faith Erin Hicks is back with Hockey Girl Loves Drama Boy , a young adult… read more

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3. The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide

By: Steven W. Thrasher

4.22

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher comes a powerful an… read more

Similar categories in Steven W. Thrasher's The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll When Inequality and Disease Collide book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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4. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America

By: Michael Harriot

4.59

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more

Similar categories in Michael Harriot's Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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5. Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam

By: Thien Pham

4.29

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in Amer… read more

Similar categories in Thien Pham's Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
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6. A Year to the Day

By: Robin Benway

3.49

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

It’s been a year—a year of missing Nina. A year of milestones—holidays, birthdays, everything witho… read more

Similar categories in Robin Benway's A Year to the Day book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • teen
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7. Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.49

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A true story of two Jewish teenagers racing against time during the Holocaust—one in hiding in Hung… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • historical
  • middle grade
  • history
  • nonfiction
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8. The Lost Queen (The Lost Queen, #1)

By: Signe Pike

4.16

Format: 527 pages, Hardcover

“Outlander meets Camelot” (Kirsty Logan, author of The Gracekeepers) in the first book of an exciti… read more

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  • historical
"We may not always have the choice we would like. But we always have a choice."

-Signe Pike, The Lost Queen (The Lost Queen, #1)

"When you have lived a life as long as mine, you come to understand that all gods, and all stories, are different names for the same thing. Beneath it all, there is one god with many faces, but always…"

-Signe Pike, The Lost Queen (The Lost Queen, #1)

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9. Huda F Cares?

By: Huda Fahmy

4.21

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

In this laugh-out-loud funny sequel to the graphic novel Huda F Are You?, the Fahmys are off to Dis… read more

Similar categories in Huda Fahmy's Huda F Cares? book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • middle grade
"Y'know, you catch more flies with honey..." "I don't know why people say that. You can catch flies with garbage too."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

"We don't know they're friends. They could be brother and sister." "Impossible. They're smiling." "You're right. They're definitely not related."

-Huda Fahmy, Huda F Cares?

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10. What Stalks Among Us

By: Sarah Hollowell

3.97

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

From Sarah Hollowell, author of A Dark and Starless Forest, comes a spine-tingling, deliriously cre… read more

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11. Something Close to Magic

By: Emma Mills

3.87

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A baker’s apprentice reluctantly embarks on an adventure full of magic, new friendships, and a prin… read more

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12. A Door in the Dark (Waxways, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

3.85

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

One of Us is Lying meets A Deadly Education in this fantasy thriller that follows six teenage wizar… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's A Door in the Dark (Waxways, #1) book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • teen
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13. Sunshine: A Graphic Novel

By: Jarrett J. Krosoczka

4.55

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

The extraordinary--and extraordinarily powerful--follow-up to HEY, KIDDO. When Jarrett J. Krosoc… read more

Similar categories in Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Sunshine: A Graphic Novel book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • nonfiction
  • middle grade
  • teen
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14. The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer

By: Dean Jobb

3.62

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

“When a doctor does go wrong he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one of … read more

Similar categories in Dean Jobb's The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
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15. Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas

By: Jesse Cole

3.92

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The Savannah Bananas have peeled back the game of baseball and made it fun again. This is their sto… read more

Similar categories in Jesse Cole's Banana Ball: The Unbelievably True Story of the Savannah Bananas book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • nonfiction
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16. Once There Was (Once There Was #1)

By: Kiyash Monsef

3.98

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

A novel about an Iranian American girl who discovers that her father was secretly a veterinarian to… read more

Similar categories in Kiyash Monsef's Once There Was (Once There Was #1) book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • middle grade
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17. Belle of the Ball

By: Mari Costa

4.14

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A young adult graphic novel about high school wallflower Belle Hawkins, who ends up in a love trian… read more

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18. We Are All So Good at Smiling

By: Amber McBride

3.88

Format: 291 pages, Hardcover

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse … read more

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"Sorrow is no one's fault."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"The only way out is through."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"Let's write our story, so no one can take it away."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

"It starts in the middle not the beginning or the end- stories start in the middle."

-Amber McBride, We Are All So Good at Smiling

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19. Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story

By: Sarah Myer

4.40

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Eisner Award Nomination: Best Publication for Teens "A beautiful, courageous book.” Gene Luen Y… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Myer's Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • nonfiction
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20. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

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21. We Don't Swim Here

By: Vincent Tirado

3.45

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

She is the reason no one goes in the water. And she will make them pay. A chilling new novel for fa… read more

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22. Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

By: Margot Lee Shetterly

4.44

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, and Christine Darden were good at math...really g… read more

Similar categories in Margot Lee Shetterly's Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • science
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23. Wolfpack

By: Amelia Brunskill

3.49

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of We Were Liars, Wolfpack is an unforgettable and unputdownable novel that will h… read more

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24. Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon

By: Steve Sheinkin

4.02

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A riveting graphic novel adaptation of the award-winning nonfiction book, Bomb ―the fascinating and… read more

Similar categories in Steve Sheinkin's Bomb: The Race to Build--and Steal--the World's Most Dangerous Weapon book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • history
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • science
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25. Lost in Taiwan (A Graphic Novel)

By: Mark Crilley

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

In this exciting graphic novel about stepping out of your comfort zone, a traveler finds himself lo… read more

Similar categories in Mark Crilley's Lost in Taiwan (A Graphic Novel) book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • middle grade
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26. America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History

By: Ariel Aberg-Riger

4.48

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A critical, unflinching cultural history and fierce beacon of hope for a better future, America Red… read more

Similar categories in Ariel Aberg-Riger's America Redux: Visual Stories from Our Dynamic History book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • historical
  • nonfiction
  • history
  • teen
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27. The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

By: C.M. Surrisi

3.85

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

How many female Viking warriors does it take to make a fact? When archaeologist Dr. Charlotte Heden… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • history
  • teen
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • nonfiction
  • archaeology
  • science
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28. The Greatest Kid in the World

By: John David Anderson

4.13

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved author of Posted comes the story of Zeke Stahls — a thoroughly average twelve-year… read more

Similar categories in John David Anderson's The Greatest Kid in the World book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • middle grade
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29. One in a Million: A Graphic Memoir

By: Claire Lordon

3.88

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Debut graphic novelist Claire Lordon’s medical misfortunes may be one in a million in this relatabl… read more

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  • nonfiction
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30. Where Wolves Don't Die

By: Anton Treuer

4.29

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Ezra Cloud hates living in Northeast Minneapolis. His father is a professor of their language, Ojib… read more

Similar categories in Anton Treuer's Where Wolves Don't Die book and C.M. Surrisi's The Bones of Birka: Unraveling the Mystery of a Female Viking Warrior

  • teen
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31. Hanged! Mary Surratt and the Plot to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln

By: Sarah Miller

3.91

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the critically acclaimed author of The Borden Murders comes the thrilling story of Mary Surrat… read more

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  • historical
  • middle grade
  • history
  • nonfiction

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Steven W. Thrasher

4.22

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Michael Harriot

4.59

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Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe

Steve Sheinkin

4.49

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3.62

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Neal Shusterman

4.14

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Jarrett Lerner

4.40

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Dan Santat

4.39

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Thien Pham

4.29

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