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Books like The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Loved The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum? 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
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1
The Little Prince
A pilot meets a small prince from another planet; a deceptively simple fable for all ages.
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2
Charlotte's Web
A pig, a clever spider and a barnyard friendship that beats death; the gentle classic about loyalty.
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3
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
An orphan learns he is a wizard and finds a home at a school of magic; the book that made a generation read.
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4
The Wouldbegoods
Children are like jam: all very well in the proper place, but you can't stand them all over the shop - eh, what?'
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5
The Wind in the Willows
Mole, Rat, Badger and the incorrigible Toad on the riverbank; a cosy, lyrical classic.
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6
Wulf the Saxon
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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7
Montezuma's daughter
Fictionalized story of the first interactions between Native Americans and European explorers.
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8
The Secret Garden
A sour orphan brings a hidden garden, and herself, back to life; a quietly healing classic.
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9
Chronicles of Avonlea
Twelve stories of adventure and love set in the home town of Anne of Green Gables.
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10
Otto of the Silver Hand
A courageous boy in the Middle Ages brings an end to the feud between two powerful robber barons.