6 must-read adventure books like The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist

The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. …

If you liked the adventure plot in The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

1. James and the Giant Peach

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.03

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

James Henry Trotter lives with two ghastly hags. Aunt Sponge is enormously fat with a face that loo… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"I'd rather be fried alive and eaten by Mexicans."

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"- ¡Lo que haces es reptar! - Me deslizo, dijo orgulloso el Gusano. - Eres un bicho viscoso, replicó el Ciempipes. - No soy un bicho viscoso - dijo el Gusano -. Soy una criatura útil y apreciada. Preg…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything? Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

"Well, maybe it started that way. As a dream, but doesn’t everything. Those buildings. These lights. This whole city. Somebody had to dream about it first. And maybe that is what I did. I dreamed abou…"

-Roald Dahl, James and the Giant Peach

Cover of The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar

By: Eric Carle

4.33

Format: 26 pages, Board book

THE all-time classic story, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 sec… read more

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  • childrens
  • fiction
"On Saturday, he ate through one piece of chocolate cake, one ice-cream cone, one pickle, one slice of Swiss cheese, one slice of salami, one lollipop, one piece of cherry pie, one sausage, one cupcak…"

-Eric Carle, The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Cover of Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss

3. Green Eggs and Ham

By: Dr. Seuss

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Hardcover

"Do you like green eggs and ham?" asks Sam-I-am in this Beginner Book by Dr. Seuss. In a house or w… read more

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  • fantasy
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Matilda by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4. Matilda

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.33

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

“The Trunchbull” is no match for Matilda! Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be tru… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"If you are good life is good."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"You chose books. I chose looks."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"Never do anything by halves if you want to get away with it. Be outrageous..."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

"She resented being told constantly that she was stupid, when she knew she wasn't."

-Roald Dahl, Matilda

5. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of The Witches by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

6. The Witches

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

3.65

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

This is not a fairy tale. This is about realwitches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real w… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy

7. How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

By: Dr. Seuss

3.82

Format: 262 pages, Hardcover

"The Grinch hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season! Now, please don't ask why. No one quite kn… read more

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8. The Cat in the Hat

By: Dr. Seuss

4.15

Format: 384 pages,

Poor Sally and her brother. It's cold and wet and they're stuck in the house with nothing to do . .… read more

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9. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)

By: C.S. Lewis

3.58

Format: None pages, Paperback

They open a door and enter a world NARNIA...the land beyond the wardrobe, the secret country known … read more

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10. The Lorax

By: Dr. Seuss

4.14

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"UNLESS someone like you...cares a whole awful lot...nothing is going to get better...It's not." Lo… read more

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Cover of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.16

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Charlie Bucket's wonderful adventure begins when he finds one of Mr. Willy Wonka's precious Golden … read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Good day, Sir."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

"The snozberries taste like snozberries!"

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

"I want an Oompa-Loompa!' screamed Veruca."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

"Good morning starshine the earth says hello...."

-Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)

Cover of The BFG by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

12. The BFG

By: Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.23

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It… read more

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  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"let your love out"

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Don't gobblefunk around with words."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"You is getting nosier than a parker."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

"Twenty-four feet is puddlenuts in Giant Country."

-Roald Dahl, The BFG

13. Oh, The Places You'll Go!

By: Dr. Seuss

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medic… read more

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14. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #1)

By: Jeff Kinney

4.70

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Boys don't keep diaries--or do they? The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new ser… read more

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15. Holes (Holes, #1)

By: Louis Sachar

3.43

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime and punishmen… read more

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16. Where the Sidewalk Ends

By: Shel Silverstein

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Where the Sidewalk Ends turns forty! Celebrate with this anniversary edition that features an eye-c… read more

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17. Charlotte’s Web

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams , Rosemary Wells

4.20

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"Don't write about Man; write about a man."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"We take to the breeze, we go as we please."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"With the right words you can change the world."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

18. The Giving Tree

By: Shel Silverstein

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

"Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception… read more

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19. Coraline

By: Neil Gaiman

4.12

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.... In Coraline's family's new flat are twe… read more

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  • childrens
  • adventure
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy
"Be wise. Be brave. Be tricky."

-Neil Gaiman, Coraline

"Mirrors,' she said, 'are never to be trusted."

-Neil Gaiman, Coraline

"Daddy", she said, "you've made a recipe again."

-Neil Gaiman, Coraline

"The world seemed to shimmer a little at the edges."

-Neil Gaiman, Coraline

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20. Bridge to Terabithia

By: Katherine Paterson

4.05

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Newbery Medal-winning title by beloved author Katherine… read more

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  • middle grade
  • young adult
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"Impressed. Lord. He had nearly drowned."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

"Just close your eyes and keep your mind wide open."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

"It's like the smarter you are, the more things can scare you."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

"You never know ahead of time what something's really going to be like."

-Katherine Paterson, Bridge to Terabithia

Cover of A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle

21. A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

By: Madeleine L'Engle

3.98

Format: 218 pages, Paperback

It was a dark and stormy night. Out of this wild night, a strange visitor comes to the Murry hou… read more

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  • fantasy
"Wild nights are my glory!"

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"Believing takes practice."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"People are more than just the way they look."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

"I do not know everything; still many things I understand."

-Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)

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4.03

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4.33

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