9 Best classics books like Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (Doctor Dolittle, #10) by Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (Doctor Dolittle, #10)

By: Hugh Lofting

4.08

Format: None pages, Hardcover

John Dolittle takes his circus to London, where with the help of the canary Pippinella he stages a …

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Cover of The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1) by Brandon Mull

1. The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

By: Brandon Mull

4.05

Format: 404 pages, Hardcover

What if there were a place where you could get magical candy? Moon rocks that made you feel weightl… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"A crossbow?"

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

"Are you her boyfriend?"

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

"Could you just call me Pigeon?"

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

"There are no insect eggs in my food."

-Brandon Mull, The Candy Shop War (The Candy Shop War, #1)

Cover of Lalka by Bolesław Prus

2. Lalka

By: Bolesław Prus

3.82

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Lalka ukazała się pierwotnie w odcinkach na łamach warszawskiego "Kuriera Codziennego", stanowiąc d… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Toteż mając lat osiemnaście, panna Izabela tyranizowała mężczyzn chłodem."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Przez rok cierpiałem na jakąś chorobę mózgową, a zdawało mi się, że jestem zakochany."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bo widzisz, najgorszą samotnością nie jest ta, która otacza człowieka, ale ta pustka w nim samym."

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

"Bywają wielkie zbrodnie na świecie, ale chyba największą jest zabić miłość. Tyle lat upłynęło, prawie pół wieku ; wszystko przeszło: majątek, tytuły, młodość, szczęście... Sam tylko żal nie przeszedł…"

-Bolesław Prus, Lalka

Cover of Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe, شجاع‌الدین شفا, Gary Kelley

3. Tales of Mystery and Imagination

By: Edgar Allan Poe , شجاع‌الدین شفا , Gary Kelley

4.10

Format: 496 pages, Hardcover

Spiral into a dimly lit world, down streets lined with madmen and their black deeds, through the co… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"I had done a deed—what was it?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of Mystery and Imagination

"Eager vehemence of desire for life."

-Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of Mystery and Imagination

"It is evident that we are hurrying onward to some exciting knowledge—some never-to-be-imparted secret, whose attainment is destruction."

-Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of Mystery and Imagination

"A valet, of stealthy step, thence conducted me, in silence, through many dark and intricate passages in my progress to the studio of his master"

-Edgar Allan Poe, Tales of Mystery and Imagination

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

4. 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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  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"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 The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4) by Maggie Stiefvater

5. The Raven King (The Raven Cycle, #4)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

3.73

Format: 238 pages, Hardcover

The fourth and final installment in the spellbinding series from the irrepressible, #1 New York Tim… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
Cover of Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin

6. Rosemary's Baby

By: Ira Levin

3.56

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more

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  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle, Peter Ackroyd, Ed Glinert

7. The Sign of Four

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Peter Ackroyd , Ed Glinert

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sher… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

8. The Stepford Wives

By: Ira Levin

2.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost to… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart by Holly Ringland

9. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

By: Holly Ringland

4.75

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

The most enchanting debut novel of 2018, this is an irresistible, deeply moving and romantic story … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of Bedknob and Broomstick by Mary Norton

10. Bedknob and Broomstick

By: Mary Norton

3.67

Format: 346 pages,

In The Magic Bedknob, Carey, Charles and Paul 6 find prim Miss Price injured by falling off her bro… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous, N.K. Sandars

11. The Epic of Gilgamesh

By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars

3.74

Format: 72 pages, Paperback

Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more

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  • literature
  • classics
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."

-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh

12. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

By: Ambrose Bierce

3.50

Format: 262 pages, ebook

The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more

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Cover of Ban This Book by Alan Gratz

13. Ban This Book

By: Alan Gratz

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

-Readers, librarians, and all those books that have drawn a challenge have a brand new hero.... Sta… read more

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  • fiction
  • childrens
  • young adult
"Probably because for all the amazing things books can do, they can't make you into a bad person"

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

"She was disappointed, I could tell, and suddenly the only thing I wanted in the world was to please her."

-Alan Gratz, Ban This Book

14. Pippi Longstocking

By: Astrid Lindgren , Louis S. Glanzman , Florence Lamborn

4.41

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

The beloved story of a spunky young girl and her hilarious escapades. Tommy and his sister Annika h… read more

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15. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons

By: Stephen King

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Hardcover

A man convicted of murder lives in a prison brutally ruled by a sadistic warden and secretly run by… read more

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16. The Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times

By: Jennifer Worth

3.78

Format: 472 pages,

An unforgettable story of the joy of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the hope of one ex… read more

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17. Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle, #3)

By: Maggie Stiefvater

3.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The third installment in the all-new series from the #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Maggie St… read more

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Cover of Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

18. Gods of Jade and Shadow

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.89

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-k… read more

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  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"You did not rescue me,"

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"It was beauty you couldn't hold."

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"The things you name grow in power."

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

"Courage is the greatest of virtues,"

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow

19. Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (Doctor Dolittle, #10)

By: Hugh Lofting

4.08

Format: None pages, Hardcover

John Dolittle takes his circus to London, where with the help of the canary Pippinella he stages a … read more

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14 Top fiction books like Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (Doctor Dolittle, #10) by Hugh Lofting

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