14 best-selling fantasy books like The Grave Thief by Dee Hahn

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The Grave Thief

By: Dee Hahn

3.95

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A twelve-year-old grave thief gets caught up in a royal heist in this compelling middle-grade fanta…

If you liked the fantasy plot in The Grave Thief by Dee Hahn , here is a list of 14 books like this:

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1. Attack of the Black Rectangles

By: Amy Sarig King

4.21

Format: 258 pages, Hardcover

When Mac first opens his classroom copy of Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic and finds some words… read more

Similar categories in Amy Sarig King's Attack of the Black Rectangles book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • childrens
  • school
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Why do they treat kids like we don't mean anything?"

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"If you're comfortable learning history, it's the wrong history."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"I love banned books. I used to read as many to you as I could when you were little, Mac."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

"But if we want to change the world so it's good for everyone, it's important to talk about the truth."

-Amy Sarig King, Attack of the Black Rectangles

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2. The School Between Winter and Fairyland

By: Heather Fawcett

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

A fresh and exciting twist on magical boarding schools, the well-loved Chosen One trope, and the na… read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The School Between Winter and Fairyland book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. The Probability of Everything

By: Sarah Everett

4.33

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A heart-wrenching middle grade debut about Kemi, an aspiring scientist who loves statistics and fac… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Everett's The Probability of Everything book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • childrens
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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5. Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1)

By: Scott Chantler

4.02

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A young squire tackles mysteries, monsters and magic, but the inept knight he serves takes the cred… read more

Similar categories in Scott Chantler's Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1) book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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6. Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1)

By: Morgan Rhodes

3.72

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A snarky seventeen-year-old must team up with an enigmatic criminal to cure herself of dangerous fo… read more

Similar categories in Morgan Rhodes's Echoes and Empires (Echoes and Empires, #1) book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • adventure
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7. The Bellwoods Game

By: Celia Krampien

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Perfect for fans of Doll Bones and Hocus Pocus , this “beautifully creepy” ( Kirkus Reviews ), high… read more

Similar categories in Celia Krampien's The Bellwoods Game book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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8. Le Nord et le Sud (Nish, #1)

By: Isabelle Picard

3.82

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Léon et Éloïse McKenzie, des jumeaux de 13 ans, vivent dans la communauté innue de Matimekosh, près… read more

Similar categories in Isabelle Picard's Le Nord et le Sud (Nish, #1) book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • canada
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9. Eight Days

By: Teresa Toten

3.85

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

Governor General's award-winning author Teresa Toten's story about one girl's transformative eight-… read more

Similar categories in Teresa Toten's Eight Days book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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10. Atana and the Firebird (Atana, #1)

By: Vivian Zhou

4.10

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

A mermaid, a firebird, and a witch become entangled with the mysterious and powerful Witch Queen, w… read more

Similar categories in Vivian Zhou's Atana and the Firebird (Atana, #1) book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fantasy
  • adventure
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11. The Islands of Elsewhere

By: Heather Fawcett

3.86

Format: None pages, Audiobook

With hints of magic and plenty of adventure, this seaside story of siblings on a hunt for treasure … read more

Similar categories in Heather Fawcett's The Islands of Elsewhere book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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12. Let the Monster Out: A Novel

By: Chad Lucas

4.01

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

An equal parts heart-pounding and heartfelt middle-grade mystery about facing––and accepting––your … read more

Similar categories in Chad Lucas's Let the Monster Out: A Novel book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • audiobook
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13. Ghostlight

By: Kenneth Oppel

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidenta… read more

Similar categories in Kenneth Oppel's Ghostlight book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
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14. Forever Birchwood

By: Danielle Daniel

3.97

Format: 304 pages, ebook

The middle-grade debut of star picture-book author and illustrator Danielle Daniel Adventurous, tr… read more

Similar categories in Danielle Daniel's Forever Birchwood book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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15. Hidden on the High Wire

By: Kathy Kacer

4.10

Format: 254 pages, Paperback

In the summer of 1941, Irene Lorch must perform the most perilous balancing act of her life… Ire… read more

Similar categories in Kathy Kacer's Hidden on the High Wire book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • middle grade
  • canada
  • audiobook
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16. Apartment 713

By: Kevin Sylvester

4.26

Format: 231 pages, Hardcover

Secret ballrooms, hidden artwork and unlikely friends—welcome to the Regency, where even time moves… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Sylvester's Apartment 713 book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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17. The Secret of the Ravens

By: Joanna Cacao

3.85

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In this charming middle grade graphic novel, orphan twins Elliot and Liza find themselves taking on… read more

Similar categories in Joanna Cacao's The Secret of the Ravens book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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18. Berani

By: Michelle Kadarusman

4.39

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An honest and stirring novel about the choices made by young environmental activists, and the balan… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Kadarusman's Berani book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • childrens
  • canada
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
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19. The Big Sting

By: Rachelle Delaney

3.84

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

A visit to Leo's grandfather's farm turns upside down when his grandmother's bee hives are stolen. … read more

Similar categories in Rachelle Delaney's The Big Sting book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • canada
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • juvenile
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20. The Cricket War

By: Tho Pham

4.39

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A gripping story of a boy’s escape from Communist Vietnam by boat, based on the author’s own experi… read more

Similar categories in Tho Pham's The Cricket War book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • canada
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21. Hopeless in Hope

By: Wanda John-Kehewin

4.28

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

We live in a hopeless old house on an almost-deserted dead-end street in a middle-of-nowhere town n… read more

Similar categories in Wanda John-Kehewin's Hopeless in Hope book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • canada
Cover of Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is by Casey Lyall

22. Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is

By: Casey Lyall

4.07

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Lemon Peabody is certain that aliens visited Grandpa Walt thirty years ago, but she's running out o… read more

Similar categories in Casey Lyall's Gnome Is Where Your Heart Is book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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23. Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton

By: Anita Daher

3.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Nominated for a 2023/24 Red Cedar Award Nominated for the 2024 MYRCA Sundogs! When twelve-year-old … read more

Similar categories in Anita Daher's Peanut Butter and Chaos: The Mythic Adventures of Samuel Templeton book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • middle grade
  • fantasy
  • canada
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24. Fire on Headless Mountain

By: Iain Lawrence

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Separated from his siblings in the midst of a dangerous forest fire, 11-year-old Virgil must find a… read more

Similar categories in Iain Lawrence's Fire on Headless Mountain book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • canada
  • adventure
  • juvenile
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Grave Thief

By: Dee Hahn

3.95

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

A twelve-year-old grave thief gets caught up in a royal heist in this compelling middle-grade fanta… read more

Similar categories in Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • canada
  • school
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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26. She Holds Up the Stars

By: Sandra Laronde

3.65

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

The last thing that twelve-year-old Misko wants to do is to move away from the city to spend time o… read more

Similar categories in Sandra Laronde's She Holds Up the Stars book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • middle grade
  • school
  • canada
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27. Up for Grabs

By: Michelle Mulder

4.05

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Frida and her brother, Zac, have lived in seven countries in ten years. In fact, they’ve been trave… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Mulder's Up for Grabs book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • mystery
  • canada
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28. Opposite Identicals

By: Deborah Kerbel

4.04

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A Junior Library Guild Pick! Opposite Identicals  is a non-stop adrenaline rush from start to finis… read more

Similar categories in Deborah Kerbel's Opposite Identicals book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • middle grade
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29. Ravenous Things

By: Derrick Chow

3.91

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Kieran Viola and Cassidy Leyendecker at Disney Hyperion have acquired at auction debut middle grade… read more

Similar categories in Derrick Chow's Ravenous Things book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
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30. The U-nique Lou Fox

By: Jodi Carmichael

4.02

Format: 229 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Jodi Carmichael, who has ADHDherself, affirms and celebrates those who strug… read more

Similar categories in Jodi Carmichael's The U-nique Lou Fox book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • middle grade
  • school
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31. The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1)

By: Scott Reintgen

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

A boy living on Mars unexpectedly becomes a dragon rider in this first book in the sci-fi and fanta… read more

Similar categories in Scott Reintgen's The Last Dragon on Mars (The Dragonships, #1) book and Dee Hahn's The Grave Thief

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

23 best-selling fiction books like The Grave Thief by Dee Hahn

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Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The School Between Winter and Fairyland

Heather Fawcett

4.04

Transform Your Habits

The Probability of Everything

Sarah Everett

4.33

Transform Your Habits

Simon Sort of Says

Erin Bow

4.31

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Squire & Knight (Squire & Knight, #1)

Scott Chantler

4.02

Transform Your Habits

The Bellwoods Game

Celia Krampien

4.03

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The Big Sting

Rachelle Delaney

3.84

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The Grave Thief

Dee Hahn

3.95

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