6 best-selling historical fiction books like The Secret of Splint Hall by Katie Cotton

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The Secret of Splint Hall

By: Katie Cotton

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

1945. War has ended, but for sisters Flora and Isobel the struggles still continue. They’ve lost th…

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Cover of The Wolf Wilder by Katherine Rundell, Gelrev Ongbico

1. The Wolf Wilder

By: Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplace… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's The Wolf Wilder book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Stories can start revolutions."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Hard work always hurts somewhere."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves are the witches of the animal world."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

"Wolves, and stars, and snow: Those things made sense."

-Katherine Rundell, The Wolf Wilder

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2. The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

By: Catherine Doyle

4.14

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

When Fionn Boyle sets foot on Arranmore Island, it begins to stir beneath his feet ... Once in a… read more

Similar categories in Catherine Doyle's The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"That is your greatest responsibility. To live a life of breathless wonder, so that when it begins to fade from you, you will feel the shadow of its happiness still inside you and the blissful sense t…"

-Catherine Doyle, The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

"Fiona couldn't summon a smile. His grandfather sighed. 'If you insist on pity, then really you must pity yourself. Your head is still very empty.' Fionn frowned, indignation jostling the urge to cry …"

-Catherine Doyle, The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

Cover of The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

3. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

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4. Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3)

By: Tim Probert

4.38

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The Lights have gone dark in Irpa. Danger lurks as the air grows colder and threats lie in the s… read more

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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5. Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.39

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

The Island shall have its revenge . . . Skandar Smith has achieved his dream to train as a unicorn … read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Phantom Rider (Skandar #2) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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6. Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall, #2)

By: Tim Probert

4.40

Format: 249 pages, Paperback

In the second installment of the Lightfall series, Bea and Cad continue their quest to stop Kest, t… read more

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: Shadow of the Bird (Lightfall, #2) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) by Tim Probert

7. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1)

By: Tim Probert

4.41

Format: 247 pages, Paperback

Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig’s House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of th… read more

Similar categories in Tim Probert's Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian (Lightfall, #1) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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8. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

Similar categories in Lindsay Currie's The Mystery of Locked Rooms book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) by Marthe Jocelyn

9. The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1)

By: Marthe Jocelyn

3.92

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

Aggie Morton lives in a small town on the coast of England in 1902. Adventurous and imaginative but… read more

Similar categories in Marthe Jocelyn's The Body Under the Piano (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #1) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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10. The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2)

By: Pari Thomson

4.38

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the spellbinding sequel to New York Times bestselle… read more

Similar categories in Pari Thomson's The City Beyond the Sea (Greenwild #2) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) by Phil Hickes

11. The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1)

By: Phil Hickes

4.13

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Aveline Jones loves reading ghost stories, so a dreary half-term becomes much more exciting when sh… read more

Similar categories in Phil Hickes's The Haunting of Aveline Jones (Aveline Jones, #1) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) by A.F. Steadman

12. Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1)

By: A.F. Steadman

4.13

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Soar into a breathtaking world of heroes and unicorns as you’ve never seen them before in this fant… read more

Similar categories in A.F. Steadman's Skandar and the Unicorn Thief (Skandar #1) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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13. The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found

By: Jordan Lees

4.32

Format: 394 pages, Paperback

A boy who doesn't believe in magic. An impossible world that will change his mind. Eleven-year-… read more

Similar categories in Jordan Lees's The Whisperwicks: The Labyrinth of Lost and Found book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Peril at Owl Park (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #2) by Marthe Jocelyn

14. Peril at Owl Park (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #2)

By: Marthe Jocelyn

4.18

Format: 385 pages, Hardcover

For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when … read more

Similar categories in Marthe Jocelyn's Peril at Owl Park (Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen, #2) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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15. The Little Match Girl Strikes Back

By: Emma Carroll

4.06

Format: None pages, Audiobook

It only takes one strike! A powerful feminist reworking of the Hans Christian Andersen classic, fro… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Little Match Girl Strikes Back book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The House at the End of the Sea by Victoria M. Adams

16. The House at the End of the Sea

By: Victoria M. Adams

4.20

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Saffi doesn't want her new life, living with her dad, little brother and old-fashioned grandparents… read more

Similar categories in Victoria M. Adams's The House at the End of the Sea book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
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17. Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

By: Katherine Rundell

4.18

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

The day Christopher saved a drowning baby griffin from a hidden lake would change his life forever.… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"I'm no philosopher, and I prefer, in an ideal world, to go uneaten. (p. 111)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"What is this rainfall of children? Did I go sailing just to have storms of infants cascading down my sail at me? (p. 74)"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

"Nighthand grunted, and signalled for another bottle of wine. "Are you sure?" said Irian. "Shouldn't we keep our wits about us?" "I see no reason to. I prefer the world drunk. It disappoints me less."…"

-Katherine Rundell, Impossible Creatures (Impossible Creatures, #1)

Cover of The Secret of Splint Hall by Katie Cotton

18. The Secret of Splint Hall

By: Katie Cotton

4.09

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

1945. War has ended, but for sisters Flora and Isobel the struggles still continue. They’ve lost th… read more

Similar categories in Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Book of Witching by C.J.  Cooke

19. The Book of Witching

By: C.J. Cooke

4.23

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

A mother must fight for her daughter’s life in this fierce and haunting tale of witchcraft and reve… read more

Similar categories in C.J. Cooke's The Book of Witching book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3) by B.B. Alston

20. Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3)

By: B.B. Alston

4.37

Format: 400 pages, ebook

The highly anticipated third book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Supernatural Investigations … read more

Similar categories in B.B. Alston's Amari and the Despicable Wonders (Supernatural Investigations, #3) book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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21. The Houdini Inheritance

By: Emma Carroll

4.07

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

The English seaside, 1920sA world famous escape artist . . . A suitcase full of secrets . . . And a… read more

Similar categories in Emma Carroll's The Houdini Inheritance book and Katie Cotton's The Secret of Splint Hall

  • middle grade

19 best-selling fiction books like The Secret of Splint Hall by Katie Cotton

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The Wolf Wilder

Katherine Rundell , Gelrev Ongbico

4.07

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The Storm Keeper's Island (Storm Keeper, #1)

Catherine Doyle

4.14

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The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Beth Lincoln

4.06

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Lightfall: The Dark Times (Lightfall, #3)

Tim Probert

4.38

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I So Don't Do Mysteries (I So Don't Do..., #1)

Barrie Summy

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Nooks & Crannies

Natalie Andrewson , Jessica Lawson

4.06

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Winterhouse (Winterhouse, #1)

Ben Guterson

3.94

Transform Your Habits

The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

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