8 Top historical books like War Horse (War Horse, #1) by Michael Morpurgo

Cover of War Horse (War Horse, #1) by Michael Morpurgo

War Horse (War Horse, #1)

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

A powerful tale of war, redemption and a hero's journey.In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal wit…

"cause when there's life there's still hope"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"cause when there's life there's still hope"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

If you liked the historical plot in War Horse (War Horse, #1) by Michael Morpurgo , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Fire Storm (The One Dollar Horse, #3) by Lauren St. John

1. Fire Storm (The One Dollar Horse, #3)

By: Lauren St. John

4.24

Format: 279 pages, Hardcover

Teenage eventing star Casey Blue has it all - fame, her champion horse Storm and a boyfriend who lo… read more

Similar categories in Lauren St. John's Fire Storm (The One Dollar Horse, #3) book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • animals
  • horses
  • childrens
  • young adult
Cover of Soldier Dog by Sam Angus

2. Soldier Dog

By: Sam Angus

4.15

Format: 279 pages, Paperback

Book by Sam Angus read more

Similar categories in Sam Angus's Soldier Dog book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Blind Beauty by K.M. Peyton

3. Blind Beauty

By: K.M. Peyton

3.24

Format: None pages, Paperback

Tessa has major attitude and an impossible dream--not a greatcombination for success. But she belie… read more

Similar categories in K.M. Peyton's Blind Beauty book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • childrens
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horses
Cover of Worth by A. LaFaye

4. Worth

By: A. LaFaye

4.20

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

After Nathaniel's leg is crushed in an accident, his father brings home an orphan boy, John Worth, … read more

Similar categories in A. LaFaye's Worth book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Hitler's Canary by Sandi Toksvig

5. Hitler's Canary

By: Sandi Toksvig

4.04

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"My brother stood up so quickly he almost knocked Mama over. 'Why aren't you doing something? Do yo… read more

Similar categories in Sandi Toksvig's Hitler's Canary book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • historical
  • war
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The One Dollar Horse (The One Dollar Horse, #1) by Lauren St. John

6. The One Dollar Horse (The One Dollar Horse, #1)

By: Lauren St. John

4.10

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

Fifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London's grimmest tower block and volunteers at a local r… read more

Similar categories in Lauren St. John's The One Dollar Horse (The One Dollar Horse, #1) book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • childrens
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horses
Cover of War Horse (War Horse, #1) by Michael Morpurgo

7. War Horse (War Horse, #1)

By: Michael Morpurgo

4.15

Format: 165 pages, Hardcover

A powerful tale of war, redemption and a hero's journey.In 1914, Joey, a beautiful bay-red foal wit… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1) book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horses
"cause when there's life there's still hope"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"I can hate you more, but I'll never love you less."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"Any problem can be solved between people if only they can trust each other"

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

"If it is possible to be happy in the middle of a nightmare, then Topthorn and I were happy that summer."

-Michael Morpurgo, War Horse (War Horse, #1)

Cover of King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo, M. Morpurgo

8. King of the Cloud Forests

By: Michael Morpurgo , M. Morpurgo

5.00

Format: 398 pages, Paperback

When Japan invaded China, Ashley and Uncle Sung are forced to flee. It is a perilous journey across… read more

Similar categories in Michael Morpurgo's King of the Cloud Forests book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of My Friend Flicka (Flicka, #1) by Mary O'Hara, Dave Blossom

9. My Friend Flicka (Flicka, #1)

By: Mary O'Hara , Dave Blossom

3.20

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

It seems Ken can't do anything right. He loses saddle blankets and breaks reins...but then comes th… read more

Similar categories in Mary O'Hara's My Friend Flicka (Flicka, #1) book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • classics
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horses
Cover of Race the Wind (The One Dollar Horse, #2) by Lauren St. John

10. Race the Wind (The One Dollar Horse, #2)

By: Lauren St. John

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When Casey Blue's Badminton victory earns her and Storm an invitation to the prestigious Kentucky T… read more

Similar categories in Lauren St. John's Race the Wind (The One Dollar Horse, #2) book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • childrens
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horses
Cover of A Horse for Angel by Sarah Lean

11. A Horse for Angel

By: Sarah Lean

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Sometimes when things are broken you can't fix them on your own - no matter how hard you try. When … read more

Similar categories in Sarah Lean's A Horse for Angel book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • animals
  • horses
  • middle grade
  • childrens

12. The 39 Steps

By: John Buchan , Patrick Barlow

3.69

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

John Buchan's The Thirty-Nine Steps was the novel that introduced readers to the cunning Richard Ha… read more

Similar categories in John Buchan's The 39 Steps book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

13. Good Night, Mr. Tom

By: Michelle Magorian

3.93

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Magorian's Good Night, Mr. Tom book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

14. Our Day Out

By: Willy Russell

4.33

Format: 240 pages,

This revised version of Willy Russell's much loved play won rave reviews when it opened in Liverpoo… read more

Similar categories in Willy Russell's Our Day Out book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

Cover of Black Beauty by Gail Carson Levine, Anna Sewell

15. Black Beauty

By: Gail Carson Levine , Anna Sewell

3.99

Format: 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback

As a young horse, Black Beauty is well-loved and happy. But when his owner is forced to sell him, h… read more

Similar categories in Gail Carson Levine's Black Beauty book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • horses
"It is good people who make good places."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"Los hombres siempre creen poder mejorar a la Naturaleza y corregir la obra de Dios."

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"I have heard men say that seeing is believing; but I should say that feeling is believing;"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

"he thought people did not value their animals half enough, nor make friends of them as they ought to do"

-Gail Carson Levine, Black Beauty

16. Love Your Sister

By: Connie Johnson , None

4.40

Format: 304 pages,

A searingly honest memoir of family, cancer, love ... and unicycles by the founders of the LOVE YOU… read more

Similar categories in Connie Johnson's Love Your Sister book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

Cover of Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece by Yvonne Korshak

17. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

By: Yvonne Korshak

4.29

Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition

STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more

Similar categories in Yvonne Korshak's Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Temples are for the gods,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

"But  Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"

-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Cover of Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  Ritz

18. Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

By: K. Ritz

4.33

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

Synopsis: For five years Me’acca Mysuth Sheever has lived among his “sworn enemies,” pretending to … read more

Similar categories in K. Ritz's Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"At what point does faith become insanity?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Which is the greater sin? To care too much? Or too little?"

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"Mead. O sweet elixir, Ye bless the lips and steal the wits. "

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

"This world would be a pleasant place if people didn’t inhabit it."

-K. Ritz, Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master

Cover of A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One by Michael G. Kramer

19. A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

By: Michael G. Kramer

4.29

Format: 470 pages, ebook

Volume One is mainly about the second Indochina war (Vietnam War) and is set during the period from… read more

Similar categories in Michael G. Kramer's A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • war
"Navarre asserted, “We have such powerful forces and so strong a defence system that Dien Bien Phu is an impregnable fortress!"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"The Vietnamese soldier said, “Before I spoke to her, I had given her a cooked ration of rice. Instead of her being grateful for the meal, she abused me! What gives with these Kampuchean People?"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"As well, I want our special force commandos to silently slip into Cat Bi and Gia Lam airfields and destroy the aircraft stationed there. That will deal the French forces at Dien Bien Phu a stunning b…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

"On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army of Vietnam rumbled into the grounds of the American Embassy i…"

-Michael G. Kramer, A Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume One

Cover of Magenta by John Payton Foden

20. Magenta

By: John Payton Foden

4.27

Format: 246 pages, Paperback

Magenta is a harrowing journey into war-torn Sarajevo, and into the blackest reaches of the human c… read more

Similar categories in John Payton Foden's Magenta book and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse (War Horse, #1)

  • historical
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"There was a story out there, in a scary place, and she had to bear witness."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"She polished her words like smooth river rocks lying perfectly organized in brilliant rainbow shades under crystal clear, slow moving water."

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan, please, get to work.  Take a picture of this. You want a photo? Of this? War in all its ugliness.  A Pulitzer Prize awaits. You want me to document a war crime? Your war crime? Yes.  I do. Yo…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

"Stefan with his camera at the ready photographed a church and mosque and synagogue reduced to a cross and a crescent and a star, solitary monuments to what people once believed.  They silently passed…"

-John Payton Foden, Magenta

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Sam Angus

4.15

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K.M. Peyton

3.24

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A. LaFaye

4.20

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Stacy Gregg

4.23

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Sophie Cleverly

4.46

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War Horse (War Horse, #1)

Michael Morpurgo

4.15

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Ali Sparkes

4.40

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