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Books like Robin Hood

Loved Robin Hood by Howard Pyle? 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

    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

  5. 5

    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1886 · Children's

    Cedric himself knew nothing whatever about it. It had never been even mentioned to him. He knew that his papa had been an Englishman, because his mamma had told him so; but then his papa had died when

  6. 6

    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

  7. 7

    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.

  8. 8

    Montezuma's daughter

    H. Rider Haggard · 1893 · Children's

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

  9. 9

    What Katy Did

    Susan Coolidge · 1873 · Children's

    Twelve-year-old Katie, living with her father, aunt, and five siblings in a small town in the 1870's, constantly makes and breaks resolutions to be a kind and generous person like her invalid Cousin H

  10. 10

    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

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