If you liked
Books like The Hunting of the Snark
Loved The Hunting of the Snark by Lewis Carroll? Here are 10 books with a similar appeal — drawn mostly from children's, ranked by how confidently we'd recommend them next.
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The Little Prince
A pilot meets a small prince from another planet; a deceptively simple fable for all ages.
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Charlotte's Web
A pig, a clever spider and a barnyard friendship that beats death; the gentle classic about loyalty.
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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
Under the Lilacs
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
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5
What Katy Did
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
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David Balfour
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
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Robin Hood
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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Little Lord Fauntleroy
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
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Otto of the Silver Hand
A courageous boy in the Middle Ages brings an end to the feud between two powerful robber barons.
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Montezuma's daughter
Fictionalized story of the first interactions between Native Americans and European explorers.