9 best-selling fiction books like In the Days of Giants by Abbie Farwell Brown

Cover of In the Days of Giants by Abbie Farwell Brown

In the Days of Giants

By: Abbie Farwell Brown

3.81

Format: 262 pages, hardcover

Originally published at In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales, this collection was reprinted…

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Cover of The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain by Peter Sís

1. The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

By: Peter Sís

4.08

Format: 56 pages, Hardcover

I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side—the Communist side—of the Iron Curtain. … read more

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Cover of The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk by Sy Montgomery, Keith Ellenbogen

2. The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk

By: Sy Montgomery , Keith Ellenbogen

4.04

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

With three hearts and blue blood, its gelatinous body unconstrained by jointed limbs or gravity, th… read more

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"Preserved pufferfish. Former flounders. Ex-eels."

-Sy Montgomery, The Octopus Scientists: Exploring the Mind of a Mollusk

Cover of Little Men (Little Women, #2) by Louisa May Alcott, James Spanfeller

3. Little Men (Little Women, #2)

By: Louisa May Alcott , James Spanfeller

3.50

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

With two sons of her own, and twelve rescued orphan boys filling the informal school at Plumfield, … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Haymeadow by Gary Paulsen, Ruth Wright Paulsen

4. The Haymeadow

By: Gary Paulsen , Ruth Wright Paulsen

4.25

Format: 159 pages, Paperback

Fourteen-year-old John Barron is asked, like his father and grandfather before him, to spend the su… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever by Jim  Murphy

5. Breakthrough!: How Three People Saved "Blue Babies" and Changed Medicine Forever

By: Jim Murphy

3.50

Format: 824 pages, Hardcover

In 1944 a groundbreaking operation repaired the congenital heart defect known as blue baby syndrome… read more

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Cover of The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

6. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone by James Cross Giblin

7. The Riddle of the Rosetta Stone

By: James Cross Giblin

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Decipher the history of Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs with this enlightening account of the discover… read more

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Cover of Beetle Busters by Loree Griffin Burns, Ellen Harasimowicz

8. Beetle Busters

By: Loree Griffin Burns , Ellen Harasimowicz

1.00

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

The Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) has made news across the United States. These beetles came to Ame… read more

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Cover of Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac

9. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two

By: Joseph Bruchac

4.06

Format: 344 pages, Paperback

Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial p… read more

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  • fiction

10. A Single Shard

By: Linda Sue Park

3.85

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Tree-ear, an orphan, lives under a bridge in Ch'ulp'o, a potters' village famed for delicate celado… read more

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Cover of The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, None

11. The Merchant of Venice

By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , None

3.78

Format: 247 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this lively comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, Bassanio wants to impress the … read more

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  • fiction
"He will fence with his own shadow."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"You speak an infinite deal of nothing."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"The fiend gives the more friendly counsel."

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

"i buy a thousand pound a year! i buy a rope!"

-William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice

Cover of The Princess and the Goblin  (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes

12. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes

4.02

Format: 241 pages, Paperback

A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"

-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)

13. That Quail, Robert

By: Margaret A. Stanger

3.94

Format: 322 pages, Paperback

The perennially bestselling and acclaimed classic of the little bird who preferred human companions… read more

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14. Mere Motherhood: Morning times, nursery rhymes, and my journey toward sanctification

By: Cindy Rollins

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

It was back in the 1980's when Cindy Rollins, then a new mom in search of the best ways to teach he… read more

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15. Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans

By: Kadir Nelson

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Kadir Nelson's Heart and Soulis the winner of numerous awards, including the 2012 Coretta Scott Kin… read more

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Cover of A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus

16. A Place to Hang the Moon

By: Kate Albus

4.57

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

Set against the backdrop of World War II, Anna, Edmund, and William are evacuated from London to li… read more

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  • fiction
"The librarian chuckled. “I suppose there are rather a lot of orphan stories out there."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Besides which, I really ought to send her a book instead. Though she’s not much of a reader."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"Fibs, you must know, are entirely acceptable when they serve the purpose of getting one to the library."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

"It is often the case that, at times of great anxiety, when the diversion of a good story should seem most welcome, one is least equipped to focus one’s mind on reading."

-Kate Albus, A Place to Hang the Moon

Cover of The Last Mapmaker by Christina Soontornvat

17. The Last Mapmaker

By: Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A high-seas adventure set in a Thai-inspired fantasy world. As assistant to Mangkon’s most celeb… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I couldn't see it then, but I could see it now. I opened my eyes, releasing another stream of tears. I had been trying so hard to run from my past. But the past was like mottlefish ink. Even if it fa…"

-Christina Soontornvat, The Last Mapmaker

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18. Modern Miss Mason

By: Leah Boden

4.30

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

For every mother who desires to cultivate a lasting foundation of curiosity and wonder for her chil… read more

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Cover of The Story of Civilization: VOLUME I - The Ancient World by Phillip Campbell

19. The Story of Civilization: VOLUME I - The Ancient World

By: Phillip Campbell

4.38

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Children should not just read about history, they should live it. In  The Story of Civilization , t… read more

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Cover of Stories of the Nations, Volume 2 by Lorene Lambert

20. Stories of the Nations, Volume 2

By: Lorene Lambert

4.27

Format: 210 pages, ebook

Mr. Morris’s narratives make you feel as if you are listening to a kindly grandfather recounting ta… read more

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Cover of In the Days of Giants by Abbie Farwell Brown

21. In the Days of Giants

By: Abbie Farwell Brown

3.81

Format: 262 pages, hardcover

Originally published at In the Days of Giants: A Book of Norse Tales, this collection was reprinted… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • mythology
  • magic

22 Top fiction books like The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

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Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

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3.77

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