26 must-read fiction books like Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1) by Caroline Carlson, Dave Phillips

Cover of Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1) by Caroline Carlson, Dave Phillips

Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1)

By: Caroline Carlson , Dave Phillips

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Admiral Westfield sucked in his breath and released it in a tremendous gust. "My dear," he said, "l…

If you liked the fiction plot in Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1) by Caroline Carlson, Dave Phillips , here is a list of 26 books like this:

Cover of Nooks & Crannies by Natalie Andrewson, Jessica  Lawson

1. Nooks & Crannies

By: Natalie Andrewson , Jessica Lawson

4.06

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Tabitha Crum is a girl with a big imagination and a love for mystery novels, though her parents thi… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
"If only life were a book, and I could choose precisely what part I played."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

"The horses came to an abrupt halt, jolting the children so that they were torn from their seats and flung together like trapped trout."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

"It was an exact fit, and for the briefest of moments, she had the odd wish that she could be key-shaped and could find a space where she fit so perfectly."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

"... whenever you were in a fix or at a crossroads in an investigation, there were always two choices: to do nothing and worry, or to take some sort of action and deal with its associated risks."

-Natalie Andrewson, Nooks & Crannies

Cover of When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist) by Grace Lin

2. When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist)

By: Grace Lin

4.36

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Pinmei's gentle, loving grandmother always has the most exciting tales for her granddaughter and th… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Almost all men respect the Storyteller... You can mãe time disappear. You can bring us to places we have never dreamed of. You can make us feel sorrow and joy and peace. You have great magic."

-Grace Lin, When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist)

"Because stories are how we share our lives and what we truly mourn when they are lost. Stories are what connect us to our past and carry us to our future. They are what we cherish and what we remembe…"

-Grace Lin, When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist)

Cover of Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1) by Jessica Day George

3. Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

By: Jessica Day George

4.11

Format: 225 pages, Hardcover

Tuesdays at Castle Glower are Princess Celie's favorite days. That's because on Tuesdays the castle… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"How wonderful," he purred. "I've been longing to speak to you for days, Princess Cecelia." "And I've been wanting to kick you in the shin for days."

-Jessica Day George, Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

Cover of Thursdays with the Crown (Castle Glower, #3) by Jessica Day George

4. Thursdays with the Crown (Castle Glower, #3)

By: Jessica Day George

4.13

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Castle Glower has been acting weird, so it’s no surprise when two towers transport Celie and her si… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"You know,"

-Jessica Day George, Thursdays with the Crown (Castle Glower, #3)

Cover of The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic by Brett Helquist, Jennifer Trafton, None

5. The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic

By: Brett Helquist , Jennifer Trafton , None

3.95

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

Ten-year-old Persimmony Smudge leads (much to her chagrin) a very dull life on the Island at the Ce… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Life is a mess and a miracle, so pick up a broom and dance."

-Brett Helquist, The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic

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6. The Scent of Water

By: Elizabeth Goudge

4.16

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

Mary Lindsay met her little niece and namesake only once, but she saw in the quiet, imaginative chi… read more

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  • fiction
"Understanding is a creative act in a dimension we do not see."

-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

"She knew there could be no certainty, only faith. Could she find faith?"

-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

"What is the scent of water?" "Renewal. The goodness of God coming down like dew."

-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

"Being ill makes you feel what well people call sentimental, but what you feel is nonetheless genuine whatever they call it."

-Elizabeth Goudge, The Scent of Water

Cover of The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1) by Christopher Healy, Todd Harris

7. The Hero's Guide to Saving Your Kingdom (The League of Princes, #1)

By: Christopher Healy , Todd Harris

4.00

Format: 139 pages, Hardcover

Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You've never heard of them, have you? T… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower, #4) by Jessica Day George

8. Fridays with the Wizards (Castle Glower, #4)

By: Jessica Day George

4.15

Format: 399 pages,

Celie and her friends and family are back in the Castle, safe and sound. But there's still the prob… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1) by Caroline Carlson, Dave Phillips

9. Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1)

By: Caroline Carlson , Dave Phillips

3.91

Format: 337 pages, Hardcover

Admiral Westfield sucked in his breath and released it in a tremendous gust. "My dear," he said, "l… read more

Similar categories in Caroline Carlson's Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1) book and Caroline Carlson's Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1)

  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • pirates
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Half Upon a Time (Half Upon a Time, #1) by James  Riley

10. Half Upon a Time (Half Upon a Time, #1)

By: James Riley

4.11

Format: 98 pages, Hardcover

Life's no fairy tale for Jack. After all, his father's been missing ever since that incident with t… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Q by Beth Brower

11. The Q

By: Beth Brower

4.19

Format: 234 pages, Paperback

CAN QUINCY ST. CLAIRE KEEP THE Q? A dying man with a scheme A charming smuggler one step ahead of t… read more

Similar categories in Beth Brower's The Q book and Caroline Carlson's Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1)

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Henry and the Chalk Dragon by Jennifer Trafton, Benjamin Schipper

12. Henry and the Chalk Dragon

By: Jennifer Trafton , Benjamin Schipper

4.15

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

In the town of Squashbuckle, just about anything can happen, and when Henry Penwhistle draws a migh… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy

13. Saturdays at Sea (Castle Glower, #5)

By: Jessica Day George

3.49

Format: None pages, Hardcover

This bestselling series comes to a rousing conclusion as Celie and her family set sail on a ship ma… read more

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Cover of The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels by Beth Lincoln

14. The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

By: Beth Lincoln

4.06

Format: 338 pages, Hardcover

In her family, Shenanigan Swift has always been synonymous with mischief. As Arch-Aunt Schadenfreud… read more

Similar categories in Beth Lincoln's The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels book and Caroline Carlson's Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1)

  • humor
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"According to Arch-Aunt Schadenfreude, a funeral ought to look like a wedding upside down."

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A funeral is supposed to be a way to say goodbye. You look inside yourself and find a place to put your grief, not somewhere hidden, not the top shelf or the back of a cupboard, but maybe by a window…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"A collective term is a special name given to a group of animals, like a herd of cows. Many animals have their own strange terms. She knew the collective term for starlings was a murmuration, and the …"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

"Family was exhausting, and complicated, and everyone was their own person, which meant you had just as much chance of getting along with them as you did any stranger off the street. Just sharing bloo…"

-Beth Lincoln, The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels

Cover of The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose  Johnson

15. The Star That Always Stays

By: Anna Rose Johnson

4.08

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

When bright and spirited Norvia moves from the country to the city, she has to live by one new rule… read more

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  • middle grade
  • fiction
Cover of The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1) by Shawn  Peters

16. The Unforgettable Logan Foster (Logan Foster, #1)

By: Shawn Peters

4.03

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Packed with superheroes, supervillains, and epic showdowns between good and evil, The Unforgettable… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of The Broken Mirror (Never After, #3) by Melissa de la Cruz

17. The Broken Mirror (Never After, #3)

By: Melissa de la Cruz

4.21

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Real life and fairy tales collide in Never The Broken Mirror , book three of the funny and thrilli… read more

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  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Filomena's heart starts to sink. Another feeling she's grown used to. -- Never After, The Thirteenth Fairy"

-Melissa de la Cruz, The Broken Mirror (Never After, #3)

Cover of Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are by Rebecca Boyle

18. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are

By: Rebecca Boyle

3.95

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more

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Cover of The Mystery of Locked Rooms by Lindsay Currie

19. The Mystery of Locked Rooms

By: Lindsay Currie

4.03

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Crack the codes. Find the treasure. Escape the house. From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (Black Hollow Lane, #1) by Julia Nobel

20. The Mystery of Black Hollow Lane (Black Hollow Lane, #1)

By: Julia Nobel

3.97

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Emmy's dad disappeared years ago, and with her mother too busy to parent, she's shipped off to Well… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Wizard for Hire by Obert Skye

21. Wizard for Hire

By: Obert Skye

3.92

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

Fourteen-year-old Ozzy lives near Portland, Oregon, and is desperate for help. His scientist parent… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society (Charlie Thorn, #4) by Stuart Gibbs

22. Charlie Thorne and the Royal Society (Charlie Thorn, #4)

By: Stuart Gibbs

4.44

Format: None pages, Audiobook

In the fourth installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series—which #1 New York… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #5) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

23. Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #5)

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce

4.11

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

What is Amateur Detective Myrtle Hardcastle to do when her beloved governess inherits an estate on … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • adventure
Cover of The Pod and the Bog (Zoey and Sassafras, #5) by Asia Citro

24. The Pod and the Bog (Zoey and Sassafras, #5)

By: Asia Citro

4.46

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

With magical animals, science, mystery, and adventure -- the series Zoey and Sassafras has somethin… read more

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  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #4) by Elizabeth C. Bunce

25. In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries, #4)

By: Elizabeth C. Bunce

4.21

Format: 362 pages, Hardcover

Myrtle Hardcastle—twelve-year-old Victorian Amateur Detective—returns to investigate the case of a … read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Beneath the Swirling Sky (The Restorationists, #1) by Carolyn Leiloglou

26. Beneath the Swirling Sky (The Restorationists, #1)

By: Carolyn Leiloglou

4.18

Format: 305 pages, Hardcover

A house full of paintings, a missing sister, and a family secret send a boy and his cousin into a w… read more

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  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1) by Erika  Lewis

27. Kelcie Murphy and the Academy for the Unbreakable Arts (Kelcie Murphy, #1)

By: Erika Lewis

4.06

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

Brimming with Celtic mythology, action, and danger, Erika Lewis's Kelcie Murphy and The Academy for… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Trouble at the Tangerine by Gillian McDunn

28. Trouble at the Tangerine

By: Gillian McDunn

3.99

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning author Gillian McDunn pens a delightfully quirky mystery that examines the meaning of… read more

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  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction

17 best-selling fantasy books like Magic Marks the Spot (The Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates, #1) by Caroline Carlson, Dave Phillips

Transform Your Habits

When the Sea Turned to Silver (National Book Award Finalist)

Grace Lin

4.36

Transform Your Habits

Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

Jessica Day George

4.11

Transform Your Habits

Thursdays with the Crown (Castle Glower, #3)

Jessica Day George

4.13

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The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic

Brett Helquist , Jennifer Trafton , None

3.95

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Embers of Destruction (Mysteries of Cove, #3)

J. Scott Savage

4.27

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Tuesdays at the Castle (Castle Glower, #1)

Jessica Day George

4.11

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Wizard for Hire

Obert Skye

3.92

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The Transparency Tonic (Potion Masters, #2)

Frank L. Cole

4.06

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