8 Best classics books like The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald

Cover of The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald

The Maiden's Bequest

By: George MacDonald

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

The seventh in the bestselling George MacDonald series. Some critics view it as MacDonald's best no…

If you liked the classics plot in The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II by Darlene Deibler Rose

1. Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

By: Darlene Deibler Rose

4.50

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

This is the true story of a young American missionary woman's courage and triumph of faith in the j… read more

Similar categories in Darlene Deibler Rose's Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
"What you don't know cannot be beaten out of you."

-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

"As we stepped into the large mess hall, a band began to play "The Star Spangled Banner," and Old Glory was unfurled before us. I came undone. I couldn't help it; I began to sob. This was the first Am…"

-Darlene Deibler Rose, Evidence Not Seen: A Woman's Miraculous Faith in the Jungles of World War II

Cover of City of God by Augustine of Hippo, Henry Bettenson

2. City of God

By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Bettenson

3.93

Format: 1186 pages, Paperback

No book except the Bible itself had a greater influence on the Middle Ages than Augustine's City of… read more

Similar categories in Augustine of Hippo's City of God book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • classics
  • christian
"There are wolves within, and there are sheep without."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"A wholesome fear would be a fit guardian for the citizens."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"Humility raises us not by human arrogance but by divine grace."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

"He that becomes protector of sin shall surely become its prisoner."

-Augustine of Hippo, City of God

Cover of Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) by Robert Louis Stevenson

3. Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

3.79

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Tricked by the uncle who has stolen his inheritance, young David Balfour is kidnapped and bound for… read more

Similar categories in Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • fiction
  • classics
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
"And life is all a variorum, at the best."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"To be feared of a thing and yet to do it, is what makes the prettiest kind of a man."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world among cold, proud people."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

"But besides that I was of an unforgiving disposition from my birth, slow to take offense, slower to forget it, and now incensed both against my companion and myself."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Cover of The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

4. The Door in the Wall

By: Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Format: 242 pages,

The bells clang above plague-ridden London as Robin lies helpless, cold, and hungry. The great hous… read more

Similar categories in Marguerite de Angeli's The Door in the Wall book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • fiction
  • classics
  • young adult
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald

5. The Maiden's Bequest

By: George MacDonald

3.48

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

The seventh in the bestselling George MacDonald series. Some critics view it as MacDonald's best no… read more

Similar categories in George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • romance
  • christian fiction
  • classics
  • christian
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of A Tale of Three Kings by Gene Edwards

6. A Tale of Three Kings

By: Gene Edwards

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

For the many Christians who have experienced pain, loss, and heartache at the hands of other believ… read more

Similar categories in Gene Edwards's A Tale of Three Kings book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
  • fiction
Cover of Reflections on the Psalms by C.S. Lewis

7. Reflections on the Psalms

By: C.S. Lewis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Lewis writes here about the difficulties he has met or the joys he has gained in reading the Psalms… read more

Similar categories in C.S. Lewis's Reflections on the Psalms book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
Cover of Gentian Hill by Elizabeth Goudge

8. Gentian Hill

By: Elizabeth Goudge

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

They met as children--in a lush, enchanting land where anguish and strife did not exist. Even then,… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Goudge's Gentian Hill book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • romance
  • classics
  • christian
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Homer Price by Robert McCloskey

9. Homer Price

By: Robert McCloskey

4.09

Format: 149 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; wh… read more

Similar categories in Robert McCloskey's Homer Price book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • fiction
  • classics
  • young adult
"By the time Uncle Ulysses and the sheriff arrived and pushed through the crowd, the lunchroom was a calamity of doughnuts! Doughnuts in the window, doughnuts piled high on the shelves, doughnuts stac…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

"Homer got down from the chair and pushed a button on the machine marked, "start". Rings of batter started dropping into the hot fat. After a ring of batter was cooked on one side, an automatic gadget…"

-Robert McCloskey, Homer Price

10. The Hawk and the Dove (The Hawk and the Dove #1)

By: Penelope Wilcock

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

14th-century Yorkshire, the time of Chaucer Father Peregrine is appointed Abbot of St. Alcuin's Ben… read more

Similar categories in Penelope Wilcock's The Hawk and the Dove (The Hawk and the Dove #1) book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

11. A Duty To The Dead (Bess Crawford, #1)

By: Charles Todd

4.07

Format: None pages,

England, 1916. Independent-minded Bess Crawford's upbringing is far different from that of the usua… read more

Similar categories in Charles Todd's A Duty To The Dead (Bess Crawford, #1) book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

Cover of The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) by Anthony Trollope, David Skilton

12. The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

By: Anthony Trollope , David Skilton

3.75

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The Warden centers on Mr. Harding, a clergyman of great personal integrity who is nevertheless in p… read more

Similar categories in Anthony Trollope's The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • classics
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"It is much less difficult for the sufferer to be generous than for the oppressor."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"... In what I do I may appear to be interfering with you, and I hope you will forgive me for doing so."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"He never quarreled with his wife, but he never talked to her;--he never had time to talk, he was so taken up with speaking."

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

"They say that faint heart never won fair lady. It is amazing to me how fair ladies are won, so faint are often men's hearts!"

-Anthony Trollope, The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)

13. Across Five Aprils

By: Irene Hunt

4.41

Format: 333 pages, Paperback

The Newbery Award winning author of Up a Road Slowlypresents the unforgettable story of Jethro Crei… read more

Similar categories in Irene Hunt's Across Five Aprils book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

Cover of How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away by Emily P. Freeman

14. How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away

By: Emily P. Freeman

4.01

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

New York Times Bestseller If life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when … read more

Similar categories in Emily P. Freeman's How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
Cover of Emmanuel: An Invitation to Prepare Him Room at Christmas and Always by Ruth Chou Simons

15. Emmanuel: An Invitation to Prepare Him Room at Christmas and Always

By: Ruth Chou Simons

4.63

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Let Your Christmas Hope Last All Year Long If there’s one name for Jesus that captures the whole h… read more

Similar categories in Ruth Chou Simons's Emmanuel: An Invitation to Prepare Him Room at Christmas and Always book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
Cover of Revealing Revelation: How God's Plans for the Future Can Change Your Life Now by Amir Tsarfati

16. Revealing Revelation: How God's Plans for the Future Can Change Your Life Now

By: Amir Tsarfati

4.68

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

Tour the Final Book of the BibleRevelation was written because God wants us to know what the future… read more

Similar categories in Amir Tsarfati's Revealing Revelation: How God's Plans for the Future Can Change Your Life Now book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
Cover of The Berlin Letters by Katherine Reay

17. The Berlin Letters

By: Katherine Reay

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

Near the end of the Cold War, a CIA code breaker discovers a symbol she recognizes from her childho… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Reay's The Berlin Letters book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community by Curt Thompson

18. The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community

By: Curt Thompson

4.36

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist IVP Readers' Choice Award We are people of desire. … read more

Similar categories in Curt Thompson's The Soul of Desire: Discovering the Neuroscience of Longing, Beauty, and Community book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
Cover of Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years by Ellen Vaughn

19. Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years

By: Ellen Vaughn

4.38

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Elisabeth Elliot was a young missionary in Ecuador when members of a remote Amazonian indigenous pe… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Vaughn's Being Elisabeth Elliot: The Authorized Biography: Elisabeth’s Later Years book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

  • christian
Cover of Secular, Sacred, Spirit: See God's Hand in Every Part of Life by Blake K. Healy

20. Secular, Sacred, Spirit: See God's Hand in Every Part of Life

By: Blake K. Healy

4.53

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

The spiritual realm affects everyday life in ways we’ve never imagined! This book will revolutioniz… read more

Similar categories in Blake K. Healy's Secular, Sacred, Spirit: See God's Hand in Every Part of Life book and George MacDonald's The Maiden's Bequest

7 best-selling historical fiction books like The Maiden's Bequest by George MacDonald

None

Anthony Trollope

None

Transform Your Habits

Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)

Robert Louis Stevenson

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Door in the Wall

Marguerite de Angeli

4.88

Transform Your Habits

The Maiden's Bequest

George MacDonald

3.48

View all the books

22 Top fiction books like The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli

Transform Your Habits

Secret of the Andes (Puffin Newberry Library)

Ann Nolan Clark

3.54

Transform Your Habits

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Transform Your Habits

A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl's Journal, 1830-32

Joan W. Blos

3.54

View all the books

Never miss a story from us, get weekly updates in your inbox.