12 must-read school books like A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Cover of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit…

"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

If you liked the school plot in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens , here is a list of 12 books like this:

Cover of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, Michael Mason

1. Jane Eyre

By: Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

Format: 532 pages, Paperback

Alternate editions can be found here and here. A gothic masterpiece of tempestuous passions and … read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • school
  • literature
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Never,"

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"You are human and fallible."

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"Conventionality is not morality."

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

"Beauty is in the eye of the gazer."

-Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

Cover of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, Inga Moore

2. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

Similar categories in Oscar Wilde's The Canterville Ghost book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

Cover of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Richard J. Dunn

3. Wuthering Heights

By: Emily Brontë , Richard J. Dunn

3.89

Format: 464 pages, Paperback

You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE. At the centre of this novel is the passi… read more

Similar categories in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • school
  • literature
  • classic literature
  • 19th century
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"He’s more myself than I am"

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

"Terror made me cruel . . ."

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

"Honest people don't hide their deeds."

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

"She burned too bright for this world."

-Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

Cover of Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery

4. Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

By: L.M. Montgomery

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This heartwarming story has beckoned generations of readers into the special world of Green Gables,… read more

Similar categories in L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Red hair is my life long sorrow."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"I love a book that makes me cry."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"All i want is a dress with puffy sleaves"

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

"True friends are always together in spirit."

-L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)

Cover of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, Mervyn Peake, Vladimir Nabokov, Dan Chaon

5. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Mervyn Peake , Vladimir Nabokov , Dan Chaon

4.03

Format: 453 pages, Paperback

In this harrowing tale of good and evil, the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll develops a potion that unleas… read more

Similar categories in Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • fantasy
Cover of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, John Seelye, Guy Cardwell

6. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain , John Seelye , Guy Cardwell

3.92

Format: 244 pages, Paperback

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer revolves around the youthful adventures of the novel's schoolboy prota… read more

Similar categories in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • fiction
  • school
  • historical fiction
"Tom!"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Company would be a palpable improvement"

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"But old fools is the biggest fools there is."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

"Life to him seemed hollow, and existence but a burden."

-Mark Twain, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Cover of Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Ralph Manheim, Maurice Sendak

7. Nutcracker

By: E.T.A. Hoffmann , Ralph Manheim , Maurice Sendak

3.93

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

The tale of Nutcracker, written by E.T.A. Hoffmann in 1816, has fascinated and inspired artists, co… read more

Similar categories in E.T.A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • christmas
  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Balladyna by Juliusz Słowacki

8. Balladyna

By: Juliusz Słowacki

3.95

Format: None pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Juliusz Słowacki's Balladyna book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • school
Cover of Dracula by Bram Stoker, David J. Skal, Nina Auerbach

9. Dracula

By: Bram Stoker , David J. Skal , Nina Auerbach

4.02

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

You can find an alternative cover edition for this ISBN here and here. When Jonathan Harker visi… read more

Similar categories in Bram Stoker's Dracula book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • 19th century
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Despair has its own calms."

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"This man belongs to me, I want him!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"Enter freely and of your own free will!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

"We learn from failure, not from success!"

-Bram Stoker, Dracula

Cover of An Inspector Calls by None

10. An Inspector Calls

By: None

3.15

Format: None pages, Paperback

The action of the play occurs in an English industrial city, where a young girl commits suicide and… read more

Similar categories in None's An Inspector Calls book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • fiction
  • school
Cover of Zemsta by Aleksander Fredro

11. Zemsta

By: Aleksander Fredro

3.97

Format: 172 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Aleksander Fredro's Zemsta book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • fiction
  • school
Cover of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, Richard Andrews, Rex Gibson

12. Hamlet

By: William Shakespeare , Richard Andrews , Rex Gibson

4.02

Format: 289 pages, Paperback

Among Shakespeare's plays, "Hamlet" is considered by many his masterpiece. Among actors, the role o… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Hamlet book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • fiction
  • school
  • historical fiction
"Therein lies the rub."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Brevity is the soul of wit."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"Conscience doth make cowards of us all."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

"A knavish speech sleeps in a fool's ear."

-William Shakespeare, Hamlet

13. Of Mice and Men

By: John Steinbeck

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The compelling story of two outsiders striving to find their place in an unforgiving world. Drifter… read more

Similar categories in John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

Cover of The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

14. The Secret Garden

By: Frances Hodgson Burnett

4.16

Format: 331 pages, Hardcover

In a house full of sadness and secrets, can young, orphaned Mary find happiness? Mary Lennox, a … read more

Similar categories in Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Might I,"

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"They're a pair of young Satans."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."

-Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

Cover of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, None

15. Romeo and Juliet

By: William Shakespeare , None

3.74

Format: 281 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. I… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • school
"thus with a kiss I die"

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

"Oh, I am fortune's fool!"

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

"Ay me! sad hours seem long."

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

"Educated men are so impressive!"

-William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Cover of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

16. A Christmas Carol

By: Charles Dickens

4.08

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

'If I had my way, every idiot who goes around with Merry Christmas on his lips, would be boiled wit… read more

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • school
  • british literature
  • literature
  • classic literature
  • 19th century
  • holiday
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • fantasy
"Hallo, my fine fellow!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"God bless us, every one!"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"And how did little Tim behave?"

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

"Marley was dead: to begin with."

-Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

Cover of Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

17. Little Women

By: Louisa May Alcott

4.16

Format: 449 pages, Paperback

This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780451529305. Generations of readers young and old, … read more

Similar categories in Louisa May Alcott's Little Women book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • classic literature
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"I hate ordinary people!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Let us be elegant or die!"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Love covers a multitude of sins…"

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

"Conceit spoils the finest genius."

-Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

Cover of Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

18. Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.87

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

This is a previously-published edition of ISBN 9780143131847. Mary Shelley's seminal novel of t… read more

Similar categories in Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein: The 1818 Text book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • school
"I am malicious because I am miserable"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"One wondering thought pollutes the day"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

"I looked upon the sea, it was to be my grave"

-Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein: The 1818 Text

Cover of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

19. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

By: Lewis Carroll

4.00

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Chris Riddell's brilliant new full-colour illustrated Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in a sumptuo… read more

Similar categories in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • 19th century
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"it's only a dream"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"How long is forever? Sometimes just one second"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"Sometimes, I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

"what is the use of a book,' thought Alice, 'without pictures or conversations?"

-Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Cover of Macbeth by William Shakespeare

20. Macbeth

By: William Shakespeare

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

What he hears will change everything. Egged on by his wife, he decides to kill in order to gain the… read more

Similar categories in William Shakespeare's Macbeth book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • literature
  • fiction
  • school
  • historical fiction
"What, you egg?"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done, is done"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What's done cannot be undone."

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

"What, you egg? / [He stabs him.]"

-William Shakespeare, Macbeth

Cover of Dziady część II by Adam Mickiewicz

21. Dziady część II

By: Adam Mickiewicz

3.19

Format: 46 pages, Paperback

W Dziadach. Część II Adam Mickiewicz sięga do ludowych wierzeń, w których świat realny współistniej… read more

Similar categories in Adam Mickiewicz's Dziady część II book and Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • school

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3.96

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4.07

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