14 Top realistic fiction books like Zeus, Dog of Chaos by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

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Zeus, Dog of Chaos

By: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, the award-winning author of A Dog Like Daisy, delivers another heartwarming…

If you liked the realistic fiction plot in Zeus, Dog of Chaos by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Magician's Elephant by Kate DiCamillo, Yoko Tanaka

1. The Magician's Elephant

By: Kate DiCamillo , Yoko Tanaka

3.35

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

In a highly awaited new novel, Kate DiCamillo conjures a haunting fable about trusting the unexpect… read more

Similar categories in Kate DiCamillo's The Magician's Elephant book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy

2. Okay for Now

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.20

Format: 192 pages, Hardcover

Midwesterner Gary D. Schmidt won Newbery Honor awards for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boysand… read more

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3. The Lost Library

By: Rebecca Stead

4.14

Format: 215 pages, Hardcover

A little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps. When a myst… read more

Similar categories in Rebecca Stead's The Lost Library book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"But aren’t “parents"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"That delicious book smell, his heart said."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Being a Great Reader means feeling something about books."

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

"Head high, my dear! Eyes up! Take your place in the world!"

-Rebecca Stead, The Lost Library

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4. Something Like Home

By: Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

Format: 256 pages, Library Binding

A novel in verse in which a lost dog helps a lonely girl find a way home to her family . . . only f… read more

Similar categories in Andrea Beatriz Arango's Something Like Home book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • dogs
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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5. The Lost Year

By: Katherine Marsh

4.50

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A middle-grade survival story that traces a family secret back to the Holodomor, a terrible famine … read more

Similar categories in Katherine Marsh's The Lost Year book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. Good Different

By: Meg Eden Kuyatt

4.52

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

A extraordinary novel-in-verse about a neurodivergent girl who comes to understand and celebrate he… read more

Similar categories in Meg Eden Kuyatt's Good Different book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
"Fight for words, even if it's hard."

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

"You may have different needs than some folks in your class, but that doesn't make you the ­«wrong» version and other people the «normal» version. You are Selah. And you are not the only one feeling t…"

-Meg Eden Kuyatt, Good Different

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7. Willodeen

By: Katherine Applegate

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The earth is old and we are not, and that is all you must remember . . . Eleven-year-old Willode… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Applegate's Willodeen book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Mostly I avoided the Faire, with its teeming crowds that made me feel like I was being smothered. So much noise! So much forced merrymaking! Often I would see children there, ones I recognized from m…"

-Katherine Applegate, Willodeen

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8. Simon Sort of Says

By: Erin Bow

4.31

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Simon O’Keeffe’s biggest claim to fame should be the time his dad accidentally gave a squirrel a ho… read more

Similar categories in Erin Bow's Simon Sort of Says book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Dad picks Denver [to get his rabies shots], and he's totally fine, but he's going to be away for three days. "Just like Jesus," Mom says. I can hear the phone say, "Isobel!"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"In the tabernacle did the [squirrel]--" "Eat the Host?" says Dad. "Yes he did." "And was it--" "Consecrated?" says Dad. "Yes it was." ... "What, uh, happened to the squirrel?" "That squirrel is now 3…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

"The dog- Todd?- looks up from its leaking beer, puffs a sigh, then crosses the room to head-butt the fridge door closed. "Ummm" I manage "Did you see he got a--" "It's okay," she says. "He only has o…"

-Erin Bow, Simon Sort of Says

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9. The Labors of Hercules Beal

By: Gary D. Schmidt

4.53

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From award-winning author Gary D. Schmidt, a warm and witty novel in the tradition of The Wednesday… read more

Similar categories in Gary D. Schmidt's The Labors of Hercules Beal book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"And when Achilles went inside the Vampire said to me, "You all right?" I nodded. "I'm okay." "Okay is good enough for now," she said."

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

"Most people don't think we even look like brothers," I said. "You do when you're asleep," she said. "Your face relaxes, and you stop worrying, and all that grit you two carry around falls away, and y…"

-Gary D. Schmidt, The Labors of Hercules Beal

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10. Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel

By: Betty C. Tang

4.25

Format: 286 pages, Paperback

A story about three siblings living on their own as undocumented new immigrants, inspired by the au… read more

Similar categories in Betty C. Tang's Parachute Kids: A Graphic Novel book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
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11. Rez Ball

By: Byron Graves

4.16

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

This debut novel by Byron Graves tells the story of a young athlete determined to play like the her… read more

Similar categories in Byron Graves's Rez Ball book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1) by Carlos  Hernandez

12. Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

By: Carlos Hernandez

4.18

Format: 382 pages, ebook

How did a raw chicken get inside Yasmany's locker? When Sal Vidon meets Gabi Real for the first … read more

Similar categories in Carlos Hernandez's Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1) book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"Woah,"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

"Your phone gets bars across universes?"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

"How did you know it’s my brother’s birthday?!"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

"Can a class-eight artificial intelligence lie?"

-Carlos Hernandez, Sal and Gabi Break the Universe (Sal and Gabi, #1)

Cover of You Are Here: Connecting Flights by Ellen Oh

13. You Are Here: Connecting Flights

By: Ellen Oh

4.26

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

An incident at a TSA security check point sows chaos and rumors, creating a chain of events that im… read more

Similar categories in Ellen Oh's You Are Here: Connecting Flights book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
"Being good was slippery. It didn't stay still; it moved around, and not only that, sometimes it meant exactly opposite things. Like, there were times when being good meant speaking up, but other time…"

-Ellen Oh, You Are Here: Connecting Flights

Cover of The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn by Sally J. Pla

14. The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn

By: Sally J. Pla

4.57

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Neurodivergent Maudie is ready to spend an amazing summer with her dad, but will she find the coura… read more

Similar categories in Sally J. Pla's The Fire, the Water, and Maudie McGinn book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key by Tracy Occomy Crowder

15. Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key

By: Tracy Occomy Crowder

3.95

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

It's 2008, and ten-year-old Montgomery "Monty" Carver is out to find the origin of a golden key fou… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Occomy Crowder's Montgomery and the Case of the Golden Key book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • juvenile
Cover of What Happened to Rachel Riley? by Claire Swinarski

16. What Happened to Rachel Riley?

By: Claire Swinarski

4.23

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more

Similar categories in Claire Swinarski's What Happened to Rachel Riley? book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • juvenile
Cover of Give Me a Sign by Anna Sortino

17. Give Me a Sign

By: Anna Sortino

4.11

Format: 303 pages, Hardcover

Lilah is stuck in the middle. At least, that’s what having a hearing loss seems like sometimes—when… read more

Similar categories in Anna Sortino's Give Me a Sign book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • realistic fiction
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Oh My Gods! (OMGs #1) by Stephanie  Cooke

18. Oh My Gods! (OMGs #1)

By: Stephanie Cooke

3.59

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Karen is just an average thirteen-year-old from New Jersey who loves to play video games with her f… read more

Similar categories in Stephanie Cooke's Oh My Gods! (OMGs #1) book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • fantasy
  • middle grade
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of Holler of the Fireflies by David Barclay Moore

19. Holler of the Fireflies

By: David Barclay Moore

3.52

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A boy from the hood in Brooklyn travels to a STEM camp in an Appalachian holler for one epic, life-… read more

Similar categories in David Barclay Moore's Holler of the Fireflies book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • juvenile
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. Gooseberry

By: Robin Gow

3.70

Format: 312 pages, Hardcover

Robin Gow’s Gooseberry is a moving middle-grade novel about a young nonbinary person searching for … read more

Similar categories in Robin Gow's Gooseberry book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • childrens
  • realistic fiction
  • middle grade
  • animals
  • fiction
"I wish people wouldn't assume what I'm feeling because sometimes, I'm just trying to figure out what I'm feeling."

-Robin Gow, Gooseberry

Cover of Zeus, Dog of Chaos by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

21. Zeus, Dog of Chaos

By: Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Kristin O’Donnell Tubb, the award-winning author of A Dog Like Daisy, delivers another heartwarming… read more

Similar categories in Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos book and Kristin O'Donnell Tubb's Zeus, Dog of Chaos

  • audiobook
  • childrens
  • humor
  • middle grade
  • realistic fiction
  • animals
  • dogs
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile

19 Best fiction books like Zeus, Dog of Chaos by Kristin O'Donnell Tubb

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The Magician's Elephant

Kate DiCamillo , Yoko Tanaka

3.35

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The Lost Library

Rebecca Stead

4.14

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Something Like Home

Andrea Beatriz Arango

4.31

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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29 must-read fiction books like Holler of the Fireflies by David Barclay Moore

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Attack of the Black Rectangles

Amy Sarig King

4.21

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The Last Mapmaker

Christina Soontornvat

4.15

Transform Your Habits

Freewater

Amina Luqman-Dawson

4.18

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The Lost Year

Katherine Marsh

4.50

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