6 best-selling fantasy books like Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall

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Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature

By: Gerrie McCall

4.10

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

STORIES BEHIND THE WORLD'S SCARIEST CHARACTERS FROM ANCIENT MYTH, LEGEND, AND LITERATURE.

If you liked the fantasy plot in Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

1. James and the Giant Peach

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that loo… read more

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  • fantasy
  • childrens
"I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans."

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"- ¡Lo que haces es reptar! - Me deslizo, dijo orgulloso el Gusano. - Eres un bicho viscoso, replicó el Ciempipes. - No soy un bicho viscoso - dijo el Gusano -. Soy una criatura útil y apreciada. Preg…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything? Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

Cover of Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

2. Fantastic Mr. Fox

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

Fantastic Mr. Fox is on the run! The three meanest farmers around are out to get him. Fat Boggis, s… read more

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  • fantasy
  • childrens
"I dare not do that, said Mr. Fox, because this place I am hoping to get is so marvelous that if I described it to you now you would go crazy with excitement"

-Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox

3. The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #7)

By: Jeff Kinney

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Love is in the air - but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's mi… read more

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  • childrens
Cover of Fantastic Fearsome Beasts: Scary Monsters of Myth and Legend by Paula Hammond

4. Fantastic Fearsome Beasts: Scary Monsters of Myth and Legend

By: Paula Hammond

4.71

Format: 595 pages, Paperback

African ogres with eyes in their feet, one-eyed giant dogs, a man trapped in the body of a werewolf… read more

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5. Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a… read more

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6. Boy: Tales of Childhood

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

In Boy, Roald Dahl recounts his days as a child growing up in England. From his years as a prankste… read more

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7. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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  • fantasy
"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

8. The Island of Dr. Moreau

By: H.G. Wells

4.67

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

Ranked among the classic novels of the English language and the inspiration for several unforgettab… read more

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9. Nothing But Blackened Teeth

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.66

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more

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  • fantasy
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

Cover of Mythical Monsters : The Scariest Creatures from Legends, Books, and Movies by Chris McNab

10. Mythical Monsters : The Scariest Creatures from Legends, Books, and Movies

By: Chris McNab

4.26

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

This book features ancient legends and folklore, mythological monsters, media monsters, and modern … read more

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  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • childrens
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11. Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature

By: Gerrie McCall

4.10

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

STORIES BEHIND THE WORLD'S SCARIEST CHARACTERS FROM ANCIENT MYTH, LEGEND, AND LITERATURE. read more

Similar categories in Gerrie McCall's Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature book and Gerrie McCall's Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature

  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • childrens

5 Top childrens books like Monsters and Villains of the Movies and Literature by Gerrie McCall

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James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Transform Your Habits

Fantastic Mr. Fox

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.08

The Third Wheel (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #7)

Jeff Kinney

3.71

Transform Your Habits

Mythical Monsters : The Scariest Creatures from Legends, Books, and Movies

Chris McNab

4.26

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21 must-read fiction books like Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

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Come Closer

Sara Gran

3.65

Transform Your Habits

A Head Full of Ghosts

Paul Tremblay

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Horrorstör

Grady Hendrix , None

3.66

Transform Your Habits

Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.78

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