Read-alikes

May 24, 2012 | TPL Staff | Comments (0)

Like a book? Want another one that’s like it?  There’s lots more where that came from – here are some highlights!

Fiction                 Graphic Books               Non-Fiction

 


Fiction

Above
Above

Leah Bobet Mapleleaf25

 

Neverwhere

 

Paranormalcy

 

Summoning

Neverwhere

Neil Gaiman

 

 

Paranormalcy

Kiersten White

 

 

Summoning

Kelley Armstrong 

Mapleleaf25

 

 

Anna
Anna Dressed in Blood

Kendare Blake

 

Monstrumologist

 

Nameofthestar

The Monstrumologist

Richard Yancey

The Name of the Star

Maureen Johnson

 

Darkendeavour
This Dark Endeavour

Kenneth Oppel Mapleleaf25

 

Frankenstein

 

Jaen

 

Prophecy

 

Steampunkanthology

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

Jane

April Lindner

Prophecy of Sisters

Michelle Zink

Steampunk!: An Anthology…

Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant

 

Tempest
Tempest

Julie Cross

 

Deadandgone

 

Thingshopedfor

 

Timetraveller

Dead and the Gone

Beth Pfeffer

Things Hoped For

Andrew Clements

The Time Traveller’s Wife

Audrey Niffenegger

 

Uncommon
Uncommon Criminals

Ally Carter

 

Idtellyou

 

Heist

 

Thirteenlittle

 

Amazingmaurice

 

Swindle

 

Whitecat

I’d Tell You…

Ally Carter

 

Heist Society

Ally Carter

 

13 Little Blue Envelopes

Maureen Johnson


The Amazing Maurice…

Terry Pratchett


Swindle

Gordon Korman

 

The White Cat

Holly Black

 

 

Illbe
I’ll Be Watching

Pamela Porter Mapleleaf25

 

Outofthedust

 

Grapesofwrath

 

Crazyman

 

Lovethatdog

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse 

 

 

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck

 

 

The Crazy Man

Pamela Porter

Mapleleaf25

 

Love that Dog

Sharon Creech

 

 

 

Now
Now is the Time for Running

Michael Williams

 

Kick

 

Tangerine

 

Trouble

Kick

Walter D. Myers

Tangerine

Edward Bloor

Trouble

Gary D. Schmidt

Playground
Playground

50 Cent

 

Bythetime

 

Ghostofthespiritbear

 

Godless

By the Time You Read This…

Julie Anne Peters

Ghost of the Spirit Bear

Ben Mikealsen

Godless

Pete Hautman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Graphic Books

 

Chopsticks
Chopsticks

Jessica Anthony & Rodrigo Corral

 

Beforeifall

 

Howtosave

 

Ifistay

 

Itskindofafunny

Before I Fall

Lauren Oliver

How to Save a Life

Sarah Zarr

If I Stay

Gayle Forman

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Ned Vizzini

 

Zahra
Zahra’s Paradise

Amir & Khalil

 

Beast

 

Kissthedust

 

Kite

 

Persepolis  Persepolis2

Beast

Donna Jo Napoli

Kiss the Dust

 Elizabeth Laird

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

Persepolis 1 & Persepolis 2

Marjane Satrapi

 

Friendswithboys
Friends with Boys

Faith Erin Hicks Mapleleaf25

 

Anya

 

Mercury

 

Witchwizard

Anya’s Ghost

Vera Brosgol

Mapleleaf25

 

Mercury

Hope Larson

 

 

Witch & Wizard

James Patterson

 

 

 

Freshman
Freshman: Tales of 9th Grade…

Corinne Mucha

 

Avalon

 

Plainjanes

Avalon High

Meg Cabot

Plain Janes

Cecil Castellucci

 

Gate7
Gate 7

Steve Dutro 

 

Blueex2

 

Gate72

 

Xxxholic

Blue Exorcist: 1 & 2

Kazue Kato

Gate 7: Vol. 2

CLAMP

xxxHolic series

CLAMP

 

Blueexorcist

Blue Exorcist

Kazue Kato

 

K-on

 

Pandorahearts

 

Tsubasa

K-ON! 

Kakifly

Pandora Hearts

Jun Mochizuki

Tsubasa

CLAMP

 

Infinite

Infinite Kung Fu

Kagan McLeod Mapleleaf25

 

Daybreak

 

Hawaiiandick

 

Streetfighter

Daybreak

Brian Ralph

Hawaiian Dick: Byrd of Paradise

B. Clay Moore/Steven Griffin

Street Fighter II vol. 1-3

Msasomi Kanzak

 

Mangaman

Mangaman

Barry Lyga and Colleen Doran

 

Badgrils

 

Escapists

Bad Girls

Steve Vance

The Escapists

Brian K. Vaughan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Non-Fiction

 

Finexams
F in Exams

Richard Benson 

 

Itsnotall

 

Talesfromthe

It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages

Jennifer Scoggin

Tales from the Teachers’ Lounge

Robert Wilder

 

Croaked
How They Croaked

Georgia Bragg

 

Burnjournals

 

Girlsthink

The Burn Journals

Runyon Brent

Girls Think of Everything

 Catherine Thimmesh

 

Scandalous
Scandalous!

Hallie Fryd

 

Ecstasy

 

Greatestmusic

 

Howtofight

 

Reel

The Ecstasy of Defeat: Sports Reporting at Its Finest

Editors at The Onion

The Greatest Music Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Music History…

Rick Beyer

How to Fight, Lie and Cry Your Way to Popularity (and a Prom Date)

Nikki Roddy

Reel Culture: 50 Classic Movies You Should Know About

Mimi O’Connor

 

Steampunk
Steampunk:

Gear, Gadgets, and Gizmos

Thomas Willeford

 

Corsets

 

Steampunkanthology

 

Steampunkbible

Corsets and Clockwork: 13 Steampunk Romances

Trisha Telep

Steampunk!: an Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories

Kelly Link

The Steampunk Bible

Jeff VanderMeer

 

Dearbully
Dear Bully:

70 Authors Tell Their Stories

Megan Hall

 

Truelove

 

Wheniknew

Real Girls, Real-Life Stories: True Love

Seventeen Magazine


When I Knew

Tom Bachtell and Robert Trachtenberg, contributors


 

Beyondbullets
Beyond Bullets:

a Photo Journal of Afghanistan

Rafal Gerszak & Dawn Hunter Mapleleaf25

 

Kidsofkabul

 

Underthepersimmon

 

War

Kids of Kabul

Deborah Ellis

Mapleleaf25

Under the Persimmon Tree

Suzanne Fisher Staples

 

 

War

Sebastian Junger

 

 

 

Blizzard
Blizzard of Glass:

the Halifax Explosion of 1917

Sally Walker Mapleleaf25

 

December1917

 

Notonedrop

 

Titanic

December 1917: Re-visiting the Halifax Explosion

Janet F. Kitz

Mapleleaf25

Not One Drop: Betrayal and Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spil

Otto Riki

 

 

Titanic: The Tragedy that Shook the World, One Century Later

Editors at Life Magazine


 

Wheels
Wheels of Change:

How Women Rode the Bicycle…

Sue Macy 

 

Amelia

 

Beyondbulletssmall

 

Marching

Amelia Lost: the Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart

Candace Fleming

Beyond Bullets

Dawn Hunter and Rafal Gerszak

Mapleleaf25

Marching to the Mountaintop: how Poverty, Labor Fights, and Civil Rights Set the Stage for Martin Luther King Jr.’s Final Hours 

Ann Bausum

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