5 must-read classics books like Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket by L.M. Montgomery

Cover of Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket by L.M. Montgomery

Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.24

Format: None pages, ebook

In Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket, Lucy Rose tries to talk her folksy Aunt Cyrilla out of bringing…

If you liked the classics plot in Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket by L.M. Montgomery , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of A Christmas Dream by Louisa May Alcott

1. A Christmas Dream

By: Louisa May Alcott

3.41

Format: 55 pages, Hardcover, illustrated

Ten-year-old Effie lives the life most children dream of—with every day filled with delicious treat… read more

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  • classics
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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2. The Halloween Tree

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

A fast-moving, eerie tale set on Halloween night... Eight costumed boys running to meet their fr… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Because of this one brave, new-thinking man, summer lives in the winter cave."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"When you reach the stars, boy, yes, and live there forever, all the fears will go, and Death himself will die."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"Night and day. Summer and winter, boys. Seedtime and harvest. Life and death. That's what Halloween is, all rolled up in one."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

"The day Joe Pipkin was born all the Orange Crush and Nehi soda bottles in the world fizzed over; and joyful bees swarmed countrysides to sting maiden ladies."

-Ray Bradbury, The Halloween Tree

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3. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

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4. The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

By: Genevieve Cogman

4.05

Format: 358 pages, Paperback

The third title in Genevieve Cogman's clever and exciting The Invisible Library series, The Burning… read more

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  • fiction
"I may take a while to learn from my mistakes, but I get there eventually."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

"I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,’ Irene said sharply. ‘Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

" What fun, Irene thought grimly through the band of pain pressing on her temple, I now have a whole new standard for how bad things can get. Travel is so educational. "

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

"This sense of possibility might not last, of course Nothing ever did. But she wasn’t going to spoil it by looking too far ahead. They were safe in the Library, and the Library would endure."

-Genevieve Cogman, The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

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5. Half Broke Horses

By: Jeannette Walls

3.28

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Jeannette Walls's memoir The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly)… read more

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6. Dog Loves Books

By: Louise Yates

4.09

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

A picture-book treat for the youngest dog lovers. Dog loves books SO much he opens his very own boo… read more

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7. Behold the Dreamers

By: Imbolo Mbue

4.23

Format: None pages, Paperback

Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a b… read more

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8. Good Morning, Midnight

By: Lily Brooks-Dalton

3.84

Format: 95 pages, ebook

Augustine, a brilliant, aging astronomer, is consumed by the stars. For years he has lived in remot… read more

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9. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1)

By: Robert C. O'Brien

3.83

Format: 35 pages, Paperback

Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarter… read more

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10. The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy (Harold Fry, #2)

By: Rachel Joyce

3.62

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and a… read more

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11. 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
  • historical 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

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12. City Spies (City Spies #1)

By: James Ponti

4.31

Format: 378 pages, Hardcover

Sara Martinez is a hacker. She recently broke into the New York City foster care system to expose h… read more

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  • fiction
"Justice doesn’t require a membership card. Just a sense of right and wrong."

-James Ponti, City Spies (City Spies #1)

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13. Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

By: Seanan McGuire

4.32

Format: 208 pages, ebook

A young girl discovers an infinite variety of worlds in this standalone tale in the Hugo and Nebula… read more

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  • fiction
"They needed to know because a choice you make without knowing the consequences isn't any choice at all!"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"They have hearts. I can feel them beating. So I will build them a home and haven, as none was built for me, and I will care for them as long as I am able."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Then you found a door that said to be sure, and you were sure, you were already sure, you were so sure that when you tried the knob, it wasn't locked, and you could walk right through."

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

"Some children need to escape from places that will only hurt them, or grind them away until they're nothing. And some children need to go somewhere else if they're ever going to grow into the people …"

-Seanan McGuire, Lost in the Moment and Found (Wayward Children, #8)

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14. When Stars Are Scattered

By: Victoria Jamieson

4.62

Format: None pages, Audio CD

Heartbreak and hope exist together in this remarkable graphic novel about growing up in a refugee c… read more

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"Pass or fail—I’ve done my best. It’s in God’s hands now."

-Victoria Jamieson, When Stars Are Scattered

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15. The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

By: Claudia Gray

3.69

Format: 386 pages, Paperback

A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious vil… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"What I believed Willoughby to be, you truly are."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"What a relief - he was referring only to the murder."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"How unfortunate for public morals that being unladylike feels so... exciting."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

"Doing what is right may be painful to us," she said, "but doing what is painful to others is rarely right."

-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)

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16. Day

By: Michael Cunningham

3.57

Format: 273 pages, Hardcover

As the world changes around them, a family weathers the storms of growing up, growing older, fallin… read more

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  • fiction
"Here, then, is the answer. A degree of cruelty is necessary because Garth, like most men, can only deposit his needs at her feet, can only declare his love—that romantic hallucination, which would be…"

-Michael Cunningham, Day

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17. I Cheerfully Refuse

By: Leif Enger

4.03

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of Rainy, an aspiring musician se… read more

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  • fiction
"Those thieves and lovers and wandering poets- what big lives they had! I began watching everyone I met for secret greatness."

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"I think the sea has no in-between: you get either rage and wayward lightning and schizoid frenzy or such freehanded beauty that time contract or turns in on itself leaving you forgetful and no more n…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"One shelf became two. Then a wall. Then eight-foot rolling racks from a shut library in Hayward, Wisconsin. Maudie suggested changing the shop name to reflect its inventory. Bread and Books. Loaves a…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

"Much as I wanted to think of Lark in someplace better, I knew from a thousand conversations that she never worried abut that place. Maybe it was real and full of saints and poets, or maybe it was poe…"

-Leif Enger, I Cheerfully Refuse

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18. Maureen (Harold Fry #3)

By: Rachel Joyce

3.95

Format: 192 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry comes a moving novel told from… read more

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  • fiction
Cover of A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems by Thomas Nelson Publishers

19. A Vintage Christmas: A Collection of Classic Stories and Poems

By: Thomas Nelson Publishers

3.78

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

This beautiful, giftable Christmas collection features old-fashioned works from classic authors who… read more

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  • classics
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Unknown Caller by Lisa Unger

20. Unknown Caller

By: Lisa Unger

3.99

Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition

Charlie Kroft’s job at the crisis center means she’s often seen as a hero: she’s helped countless p… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Christmas Cocoa Murder (Irish Village Mystery, #3.5) by Carlene O'Connor

21. Christmas Cocoa Murder (Irish Village Mystery, #3.5)

By: Carlene O'Connor

3.69

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

'Tis the season for hot chocolate and mouthwatering treats. But sometimes too much of a good thing … read more

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  • christmas
  • holiday
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Royal Valentine (A Museum of Literature Romance, #1) by Jenn McKinlay

22. Royal Valentine (A Museum of Literature Romance, #1)

By: Jenn McKinlay

3.31

Format: 105 pages, ebook

Molly Graham doesn't believe in love at first sight or fairy tales. She's been burned too many time… read more

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  • holiday
  • fiction
"Are you sure it’s not your Pride and Prejudice getting in the way of your Sense and Sensibility?' she asked. 'I see what you did there,' I said, 'and there is no Persuasion that will make me give Jam…"

-Jenn McKinlay, Royal Valentine (A Museum of Literature Romance, #1)

Cover of Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse by Maddie Day

23. Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse

By: Maddie Day

3.66

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

"Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse" by Maddie Day When local businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead … read more

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  • christmas
  • holiday
  • fiction
Cover of A Villa in Sicily: Olive Oil and Murder (A Cats and Dogs Cozy Mystery #1) by Fiona Grace

24. A Villa in Sicily: Olive Oil and Murder (A Cats and Dogs Cozy Mystery #1)

By: Fiona Grace

3.95

Format: 191 pages, Kindle Edition

A VILLA IN SICILY: OLIVE OIL AND MURDER is the debut novel in a charming new cozy mystery series by… read more

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  • fiction
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25. Chorus

By: Rebecca Kauffman

3.70

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Strout, and Claire Lombardo, Chorus shepherds seven siblings … read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Our little hearts can carry only so much in one lifetime, after all."

-Rebecca Kauffman, Chorus

"And he knew that this beautiful world had a forked tongue. And he knew that everything he thought and felt and feared was real."

-Rebecca Kauffman, Chorus

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26. Trouble (We Could Be Heroes)

By: Janelle Brown

3.79

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

What does it take to be a good mother? A good neighbor? Straight answers are hard to find in this k… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Death by Hot Cocoa by Alex Erickson

27. Death by Hot Cocoa

By: Alex Erickson

3.57

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A Christmas-themed escape game seems like the perfect pre-holiday treat for bookstore cafe owner Kr… read more

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  • christmas
  • holiday
Cover of Have a Deadly New Year (Farm-to-Fork #3.5) by Lynn Cahoon

28. Have a Deadly New Year (Farm-to-Fork #3.5)

By: Lynn Cahoon

3.81

Format: 88 pages, Kindle Edition

Chef Angie Turner of The County Seat—Idaho’s finest farm-to-table restaurant—is preparing a private… read more

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  • fiction
  • holiday
  • short stories
Cover of Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket by L.M. Montgomery

29. Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.24

Format: None pages, ebook

In Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket, Lucy Rose tries to talk her folksy Aunt Cyrilla out of bringing… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Montgomery's Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket book and L.M. Montgomery's Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket

  • classics
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

21 best-selling fiction books like Aunt Cyrilla's Christmas Basket by L.M. Montgomery

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A Christmas Dream

Louisa May Alcott

3.41

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The Halloween Tree

Ray Bradbury

3.78

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The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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The Burning Page (The Invisible Library, #3)

Genevieve Cogman

4.05

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After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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The Wren, the Wren

Anne Enright

3.55

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James

Percival Everett

4.54

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Roxana Robinson

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