6 must-read adventure books like Bearmouth by Liz Hyder

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Bearmouth

By: Liz Hyder

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labor and isolation, the sunlit world far above the mine a distant…

If you liked the adventure plot in Bearmouth by Liz Hyder , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Ottoline, #1) by Chris Riddell

1. Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Ottoline, #1)

By: Chris Riddell

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Introducing Miss Ottoline Brown, an exceptionally inquisitive Mistress of Disguise, and her partner… read more

Similar categories in Chris Riddell's Ottoline and the Yellow Cat (Ottoline, #1) book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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2. Things a Bright Girl Can Do

By: Sally Nicholls

4.19

Format: 294 pages, Hardcover

Through rallies and marches, in polite drawing rooms and freezing prison cells and the poverty-stri… read more

Similar categories in Sally Nicholls's Things a Bright Girl Can Do book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • historical
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • historical fiction

3. Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5)

By: Derek Landy

3.82

Format: 254 pages, Hardcover

Following the shocking revelations of DARK DAYS, get ready for the fifth instalment of the bestsell… read more

Similar categories in Derek Landy's Mortal Coil (Skulduggery Pleasant, #5) book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • adventure
Cover of Such Small Hands by Edmund White, Andrés Barba, Lisa Dillman

4. Such Small Hands

By: Edmund White , Andrés Barba , Lisa Dillman

4.04

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

"Every once in a while a novel does not record reality but creates a whole new reality, one that ca… read more

Similar categories in Edmund White's Such Small Hands book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fiction

5. Desolation (Demon Road, #2)

By: Derek Landy

4.22

Format: 649 pages, Hardcover

THE EPIC NEW THRILLER CONTINUES. The second book in the mind-blowing new supernatural thriller from… read more

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6. The Weight of Water

By: Anita Shreve

3.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  A newspaper photographer, Jean, researc… read more

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7. The Worst-Case Scenario Survival Handbook

By: Joshua Piven , David Borgenicht

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Danger! It lurks at every corner. Volcanoes. Sharks. Quicksand. Terrorists. The pilot of the plane … read more

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8. The List of Suspicious Things

By: Jennie Godfrey

4.29

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'What if we decided to try and find him?' 'What on earth are you on about?' she said. 'How are w… read more

Similar categories in Jennie Godfrey's The List of Suspicious Things book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • coming of age
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • audiobook
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9. The Final Year

By: Matt Goodfellow

4.71

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Life can be tough in your last year of primary school. Tests to take, preparing for the change to h… read more

Similar categories in Matt Goodfellow's The Final Year book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • coming of age
  • fiction
  • young adult
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10. HappyHead (HappyHead, #1)

By: Josh Silver

4.04

Format: 383 pages, Paperback

Shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, 2024 Nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing, 2024 An Ama… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's HappyHead (HappyHead, #1) book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
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11. Lies Like Poison

By: Chelsea Pitcher

3.21

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Poppy, Lily, and Belladonna would do anything to protect their best friend, Raven. So when they dis… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Pitcher's Lies Like Poison book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fiction
  • young adult
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12. Burn

By: Patrick Ness

3.74

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's Burn book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Prophecy is slippery, dangerous, open to fatal misinterpretation."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"Sarah felt that any world that needed this many lessons must have something deeply wrong with it."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"Sometimes you just have to feel bad about a thing. Sometimes that's the only thing that makes you human."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

"I'm just a girl." "It is tragic how well you have been taught to say that with sadness rather than triumph."

-Patrick Ness, Burn

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13. Wranglestone (Wranglestone, #1)

By: Darren Charlton

3.53

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Winter was the only season every Lake-Lander feared... In a post-apocalyptic America, a communit… read more

Similar categories in Darren Charlton's Wranglestone (Wranglestone, #1) book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"Open places make you consider yourself?" "Yeah," said Cooper. "Like the plains." "And the stars?" "Uh-huh. And the sea and the desert too, Pa says. But I dunno why that is." Peter shrugged. "Perhaps …"

-Darren Charlton, Wranglestone (Wranglestone, #1)

"Cooper didn't look away. His blue eyes pierced through the tendrils of his hair like a wolf in the woods. He held Peter's gaze. He didn't smile, but Peter saw one all the same. He didn't speak and ye…"

-Darren Charlton, Wranglestone (Wranglestone, #1)

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14. The Interview

By: C.M. Ewan

3.46

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

It’s 5 p.m. on a Friday. You have been called to an interview for your dream job. In a stunning o… read more

Similar categories in C.M. Ewan's The Interview book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. Something Terrible Happened Last Night

By: Sam Blake

3.37

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

It’s Katie’s 17th birthday – the dancefloor is packed, the drink is flowing and Rave-fess, the Rave… read more

Similar categories in Sam Blake's Something Terrible Happened Last Night book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • audiobook
Cover of Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life by Sharon Blackie

16. Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life

By: Sharon Blackie

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

The highly anticipated new book by the author of the bestselling If Women Rose Rooted, empowering w… read more

Similar categories in Sharon Blackie's Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • audiobook
Cover of Deeplight by Frances Hardinge

17. Deeplight

By: Frances Hardinge

4.05

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

The gods of The Myriad were as real as the coastlines and currents, and as merciless as the winds a… read more

Similar categories in Frances Hardinge's Deeplight book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Everyone on the Myriad was always one divine whim away from annihilation."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"Stories were ruthless creatures and sometimes fattened themselves on bloody happenings."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You will find out who you are when your choices test you. In the end, we are what we do and what we allow to be done."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

"You must not love them. It is easy to love power because power tells you it is majesty and beauty and greatness. But the gods were monsters. Do not even love their memory. The gods are dead."

-Frances Hardinge, Deeplight

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18. Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings

By: Thomas Williams

3.75

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past. As Tolk… read more

Similar categories in Thomas Williams's Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • audiobook
Cover of Bone Harvest by James Brogden

19. Bone Harvest

By: James Brogden

3.79

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Struggling with the effects of early-onset dementia, Dennie Keeling now leads a quiet life. Her hus… read more

Similar categories in James Brogden's Bone Harvest book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Ti amo by Hanne Ørstavik

20. Ti amo

By: Hanne Ørstavik

3.86

Format: 92 pages, Hardcover

"Jeg elsker deg. Vi sier det til hverandre hele tiden. Vi sier det, i stedet for å si noe annet. Hv… read more

Similar categories in Hanne Ørstavik's Ti amo book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Saltblood by Francesca De Tores

21. Saltblood

By: Francesca De Tores

4.06

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In a rented room outside Plymouth in 1685, a daughter is born as her half-brother is dying. Her mot… read more

Similar categories in Francesca De Tores's Saltblood book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • adventure
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Glasgow Boys by Margaret  McDonald

22. Glasgow Boys

By: Margaret McDonald

4.39

Format: 350 pages, Paperback

A striking debut exploring the power of identity, community and the Scottish working class. This co… read more

Similar categories in Margaret McDonald's Glasgow Boys book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fiction
  • young adult
Cover of Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) by Josh  Silver

23. Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2)

By: Josh Silver

4.44

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

Friends. Welcome to Elmhallow. Seb, along with a select group of participants, finds himself washed… read more

Similar categories in Josh Silver's Dead Happy (HappyHead, #2) book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Silence Factory by Bridget Collins

24. The Silence Factory

By: Bridget Collins

3.55

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of the #1 international bestseller The Binding—a captivating story of got… read more

Similar categories in Bridget Collins's The Silence Factory book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of Catfish Rolling by Clara  Kumagai

25. Catfish Rolling

By: Clara Kumagai

3.73

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

Magic-realism blends with Japanese myth and legend in an original story about grief, memory, time a… read more

Similar categories in Clara Kumagai's Catfish Rolling book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • science fiction
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools by Lee Parkinson

26. Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools

By: Lee Parkinson

3.88

Format: 304 pages, ebook

A heart-warming and hilarious look at life in the classroom from the teachers who host the most pop… read more

Similar categories in Lee Parkinson's Put A Wet Paper Towel on It: The Weird and Wonderful World of Primary Schools book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • audiobook
Cover of Before the Devil Knows You're Here by Autumn Krause

27. Before the Devil Knows You're Here

By: Autumn Krause

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A deliciously dark folk horror for fans of Maggie Stiefvater and Erin Craig, blending the tall tale… read more

Similar categories in Autumn Krause's Before the Devil Knows You're Here book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Curses could be broken, yes, but they left scars. Not simply the sort made from dead flesh, but the sort formed over a nerve so that an ache is always there, just beneath the skin."

-Autumn Krause, Before the Devil Knows You're Here

Cover of Bearmouth by Liz Hyder

28. Bearmouth

By: Liz Hyder

3.83

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Life in Bearmouth is one of hard labor and isolation, the sunlit world far above the mine a distant… read more

Similar categories in Liz Hyder's Bearmouth book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • adventure
  • coming of age
  • historical
  • young adult
  • dystopia
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
Cover of I Am Rebel by Montgomery Ross

29. I Am Rebel

By: Montgomery Ross

4.42

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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Cover of The Many Faces of Ista Flit (Tidemagic, #1) by Clare Harlow

30. The Many Faces of Ista Flit (Tidemagic, #1)

By: Clare Harlow

4.46

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Magic, mystery, and monsters abound in this series opener about a girl with the rare magical abilit… read more

Similar categories in Clare Harlow's The Many Faces of Ista Flit (Tidemagic, #1) book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Girl who Fell to Earth by Patricia Forde

31. The Girl who Fell to Earth

By: Patricia Forde

3.83

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Written by the newly-appointed Laureate na nÓg (Ireland’s Children’s Literature Laureate) A grippin… read more

Similar categories in Patricia Forde's The Girl who Fell to Earth book and Liz Hyder's Bearmouth

  • science fiction
  • young adult
  • fiction

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4.19

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M.J. Arlidge

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