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Books like Little Lord Fauntleroy

Loved Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from children's, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.

10 books · ranked

  1. 1

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupery · 1943 · Children's

    A pilot meets a small prince from another planet; a deceptively simple fable for all ages.

  2. 2

    Charlotte's Web

    E.B. White · 1952 · Children's

    A pig, a clever spider and a barnyard friendship that beats death; the gentle classic about loyalty.

  3. 3

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    J.K. Rowling · 1997 · Children's

    An orphan learns he is a wizard and finds a home at a school of magic; the book that made a generation read.

  4. 4

    Otto of the Silver Hand

    Howard Pyle · 1888 · Children's

    A courageous boy in the Middle Ages brings an end to the feud between two powerful robber barons.

  5. 5

    David Balfour

    Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883 · Children's

    From the book:It is the fate of sequels to disappoint those who have waited for them; and my David, having been left to kick his heels for more than a lustre in the British Linen Company’s office, mus

  6. 6

    Robin Hood

    Howard Pyle · 1883 · Children's

    Recounts the legend of Robin Hood, who plundered the king's purse and poached his deer and whose generosity endeared him to the poor.

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    Montezuma's daughter

    H. Rider Haggard · 1893 · Children's

    Fictionalized story of the first interactions between Native Americans and European explorers.

  8. 8

    Under the Lilacs

    Louisa May Alcott · 1878 · Children's

    Ben and his trained dog, Sancho, run away from the circus and soon find a warm welcome in a kind community where spirited games are played. Theatricals and imaginative pageantry are all part of the fu

  9. 9

    Wulf the Saxon

    G. A. Henty · 1894 · Children's

    In 11th-century Britain, a young thane named Wulf and his best friend, Beorn, fight bravely for their Saxon king, capturing castles, rescuing shipwrecked survivors, repelling Viking invaders, and figh

  10. 10

    The Hunting of the Snark

    Lewis Carroll · 1876 · Children's

    A nonsense poem recounting the adventures of the Bellman and his crew and their challenges hunting a Snark.

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