5 Top childrens books like A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

Cover of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

A Monster Calls

By: Patrick Ness

4.35

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

The bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.…

"Belief is half of healing."

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

"Belief is half of healing."

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

"And if no one sees you, are you really there at all?"

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

"And if no one sees you, are you really there at all?"

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

If you liked the childrens plot in A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Skellig (Skellig, #1) by David Almond

1. Skellig (Skellig, #1)

By: David Almond

3.81

Format: 208 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Unhappy about his baby sister's illness and the chaos of moving into a dilapidated old house, Micha… read more

Similar categories in David Almond's Skellig (Skellig, #1) book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • fantasy
"There's no end to evolution."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"The dead are often known to eat 27 and 53"

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Truth and dreams are always getting muddled."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

"Can love help a person to get better?’ I asked."

-David Almond, Skellig (Skellig, #1)

Cover of Wake Wood by K.A. John

2. Wake Wood

By: K.A. John

3.56

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

The dead should never be woken Still grieving after the death of their young daughter Alice in a f… read more

Similar categories in K.A. John's Wake Wood book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

3. Long Way Down

By: Jason Reynolds

4.25

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

A cannon. A strap. A piece. A biscuit. A burner. A heater. A chopper. A gat. A hammer A tool for RU… read more

Similar categories in Jason Reynolds's Long Way Down book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • young adult
  • death
"How do you tell water ain't nothing funny about drowing?"

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

"Best to become invisible in times like these. Everybody knows that."

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

"just because they were dead. People always love people more when they’re dead."

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

"Pretended like yellow tape was some kind of neighborhood flag that don't nobody wave but always be flapping in the wind."

-Jason Reynolds, Long Way Down

Cover of My Monster Life (Monster High) by None, Parragon Books

4. My Monster Life (Monster High)

By: None , Parragon Books

4.40

Format: 69 pages, Hardcover

It's time to get to grips with un-life at the school where screams come true! This book will take y… read more

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Cover of Las Grandes Aguas by Luis Spota

5. Las Grandes Aguas

By: Luis Spota

3.77

Format: 67 pages, Paperback

Dice el diccionario sobre la palabra deberlo siguiente: "Aquello a que esta obligado el hombre por … read more

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6. The Graveyard Book

By: Neil Gaiman , Dave McKean

4.16

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly n… read more

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  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"Leave no path untaken."

-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

"Wherever you go, you take yourself wih you."

-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

"You are almost never cool to your children."

-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

"Wherever you go, you take yourself with you."

-Neil Gaiman, The Graveyard Book

Cover of Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara Pascoe

7. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

By: Sara Pascoe

4.30

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more

Similar categories in Sara Pascoe's Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
"What’s “ague?"

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."

-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For

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8. Hicksville

By: Dylan Horrocks

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

World-famous cartoonist Dick Burger has earned millions and become the most powerful man in the com… read more

Similar categories in Dylan Horrocks's Hicksville book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • fiction

9. Circus

By: None

3.45

Format: 105 pages, Paperback

A dazzling collection of award-winning stories with the emotional punch, sharp wit, and disarming c… read more

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Cover of Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) by Neal Shusterman

10. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)

By: Neal Shusterman

4.33

Format: 435 pages, Hardcover

Thou shalt kill. A world with no hunger, no disease, no war, no misery. Humanity has conquered a… read more

Similar categories in Neal Shusterman's Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1) book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • young adult
  • death
"Love remains mortal"

-Neal Shusterman, Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)

"I vow to become the change that might have been"

-Neal Shusterman, Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)

"He was afraid, but fear meant he was still alive."

-Neal Shusterman, Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)

"Life was about forging time, not just passing time."

-Neal Shusterman, Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, #1)

Cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

11. The Ocean at the End of the Lane

By: Neil Gaiman

4.02

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

A middle-aged man returns to his childhood home to attend a funeral. Although the house he lived in… read more

Similar categories in Neil Gaiman's The Ocean at the End of the Lane book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • magical realism
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"Words save our lives, sometimes."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"Adults follow paths. Children explore."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"Books were safer than other people anyway."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

"I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else."

-Neil Gaiman, The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Cover of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

12. A Monster Calls

By: Patrick Ness

4.35

Format: 237 pages, Paperback

The bestselling novel about love, loss and hope from the twice Carnegie Medal-winning Patrick Ness.… read more

Similar categories in Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • magical realism
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • death
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • horror
  • paranormal
"Belief is half of healing."

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

"And if no one sees you, are you really there at all?"

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

"But the thing about good ideas is that they grow other ideas."

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

"A veces la gente necesita mentirse a sí misma más que ninguna otra cosa"

-Patrick Ness, A Monster Calls

Cover of I Who Have Never Known Men by Ros Schwartz, Jacqueline Harpman

13. I Who Have Never Known Men

By: Ros Schwartz , Jacqueline Harpman

4.22

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

"As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker." A young woman is kept in a cage underg… read more

Similar categories in Ros Schwartz's I Who Have Never Known Men book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Survival is never more than putting off the moment of death."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"I thought it was unfair, and then I understood that, alone and terrified, anger was my only weapon against the horror"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Look at them. They’re pretending, they behave as though they still have some control over their lives and make momentous decisions about which vegetable to cook first."

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

"Only now, I tell myself that what I'd felt for her, the trust that slowly built up, the constant preference for her company and the joy each time I was reunited with her after an expedition were prob…"

-Ros Schwartz, I Who Have Never Known Men

Cover of Coraline by Neil Gaiman

14. 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
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
"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

"I will be brave, thought Coraline. No, I am brave."

-Neil Gaiman, Coraline

Cover of Taming Flame by Therisa Peimer

15. Taming Flame

By: Therisa Peimer

4.30

Format: 312 pages, Paperback

Flaminius's days of bouncing between beds are snatched away the instant he sets eyes on his perfect… read more

Similar categories in Therisa Peimer's Taming Flame book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Tightening his embrace around his wife and little Theo, he vowed, "I will do everything in my power to continue being worthy of the faith you have in me."

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"Why do you have such faith in me, Aurelia?" "I've told you a million times that I love you, you make me feel safe and cherished, and you care deeply for our people. Why wouldn't I have faith in you?"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"I'm so proud of you I could burst, but in the interest of saving the poor cleaning staff the hassle, I would, instead, like to take you to our room and lick you from stem to stern until you beg me to…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

"A virgin," Flaminius smiled deviously. "I'll take her." Instantly, surprised chatter erupted. Mother Guardian held up her hand for silence. "You cannot be serious, Sire." "Oh, but I am," he replied w…"

-Therisa Peimer, Taming Flame

Cover of Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) by Alice Oseman

16. Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

By: Alice Oseman

4.49

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

Boy meets boy. Boys become friends. Boys fall in love. The bestselling LGBTQ+ graphic novel about l… read more

Similar categories in Alice Oseman's Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5) book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Una parte de la intimidad consiste en confiar en alguien lo suficiente como para renunciar a una parte de ese control. Y eso, a veces, es muy difícil. Pero es importante que recuerdes que, si Nick y …"

-Alice Oseman, Heartstopper: Volume Five (Heartstopper, #5)

Cover of All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir

17. All My Rage

By: Sabaa Tahir

4.50

Format: 376 pages, Hardcover

Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arrange… read more

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  • fiction
  • young adult
  • contemporary
"Songs help me process life. They help me feel."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your fait in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"The more you ask for," she'd say, "the better. Because it means you put your faith in something greater than yourself."

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

"Oh God, Toufiq," I whispered. "So much money we put in. What will we do now? I am a fool!" "Kindness is not foolish, my heart." He put his arm around me. "Anyway. At least they didn't steal the pictu…"

-Sabaa Tahir, All My Rage

Cover of Dogs vs Bears by Austin    Davis

18. Dogs vs Bears

By: Austin Davis

4.30

Format: 52 pages, Paperback

Fourth-grader Austin Davis introduces a new way for kids to learn about diversity, appreciating dif… read more

Similar categories in Austin Davis's Dogs vs Bears book and Patrick Ness's A Monster Calls

  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Grįžimo istorija by Gendrutis Morkūnas

19. Grįžimo istorija

By: Gendrutis Morkūnas

4.26

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Grįžti namo irgi reikia mokėti. Ši nepaprasta istorija − apie mergaitę, kuri tik gimusi pradėjo… read more

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20. La mujer de los viernes

By: Eduardo Dayan

3.10

Format: None pages, Paperback

All our books are brand new. We ship worldwide read more

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21. Five Years and 2,000 Miles

By: Ivy Duncan

4.65

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

Can a friendship ruined by a kiss ever recover?Five years ago, on a trip to visit his father for th… read more

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