18 books like Dragon gets by

What to read after Dragon gets by — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Mystic river Dennis Lehane · 2001 · ★ 4.2 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate When they were children, Sean Devine, Jimmy Marcus, and Dave Boyle were friends. But then a strange car pulled up to their street. One boy got into the car, two did not, and something terrible happened -- something that ended their friendship and changed all three boys forever. Twenty-five years later, Sean is a homicide detective. Jimmy is an ex-con who owns a corner store. And Dave is trying to… Shares: Community pick

Prayers for rain Dennis Lehane · 1999 · ★ 4.1 · 478p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane delivers a shattering tale of evil, depravity, and justice that captures the dark realism of Boston’s gritty blue-collar streets.Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why a former client, a perky woman in love with life, could, within six months, jump naked from a Boston landmark -- the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction. What he finds… Shares: Community pick

Red Dragon Thomas Harris · 1981 · ★ 4.1 · 415p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Red Dragon is a novel by American author Thomas Harris, first published in 1981. The plot follows former FBI profiler Will Graham, who comes out of retirement to find and apprehend an enigmatic serial-killer nicknamed "The Tooth Fairy". The novel introduced the character Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist and cannibalistic serial-killer, whom Graham reluctantly turns to for advice and… Shares: Community pick

Presumed Innocent Scott Turow · 1987 · ★ 4.0 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-election campaign, a member of Rusty's staff is found murdered; he is charged with finding the killer, until his boss loses and, incredibly, Rusty finds himself accused of the murder. Shares: Community pick

The Line of Beauty Alan Hollinghurst · 2004 · ★ 3.8 · 501p · ≈ 16h · Moderate It is the summer of 1983, and twenty-year-old Nick Guest has moved into an attic room in the Notting Hill home of the Feddens: conservative Member of Parliament Gerald, his wealthy wife Rachel, and their two children, Toby--whom Nick had idolized at Oxford--and Catherine, highly critical of her family's assumptions and ambitions, who becomes both a friend to Nick and his uneasy… Shares: Community pick

Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia Peggy Parish · 1977 · ★ 3.8 · 56p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Amelia Bedelia helps out by teaching a class but she takes the list of activities very literally. Planting bulbs becomes planting light bulbs. Practising a play becomes practising playing. Using apples to solve maths problems becomes finding apples and getting the children to try to take them away from each other. It's a story full of humour and mayhem and kids will enjoy laughing over Amelia… Shares: Beginner, Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

Wemberly Worried Kevin Henkes · 2000 · ★ 4.2 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A mouse named Wemberly, who worries about everything, finds that she has a whole list of things to worry about when she faces the first day of nursery school. Shares: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Animals, Children's fiction

His Dark Materials Philip Pullman · 2000 · ★ 4.3 · 560p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Philip Pullman's classic trilogy is now available as a stunning, large-format, bind-up edition. Since the first volume was published in 1955, and has now been filmed as "The Golden Compass", the trilogy has been acclaimed as a modern masterpiece, and has won the UK's top awards for children's literature. Today, the fabulous story of Lyra and her daemon is read and loved by adults and children… Shares: Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Social Themes, Children's fiction

Wayside School Gets a Little Stranger (Wayside School #3) Louis Sachar · 1995 · ★ 4.2 · 168p · ≈ 5h · Moderate All the kids from Wayside School had to spend 243 days in horrible schools while Wayside was closed to get rid of the infestation of cows! Now the kids are back and the fun begins again on every floor. Miss Mush has prepared a special lunch of baked liver in purple sauce and it is pet day on the 30th floor. Unusual things continue to happen in the classroom on the thirtieth floor of Wayside… Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

How Droofus the Dragon Lost His Head Bill Peet · 1971 · ★ 4.3 · 46p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Although he comes from a fierce family, Droofus is a good dragon undeserving of the price the king puts on his head. Shares: Dragons, Children's fiction

Three Tales of My Father's Dragon Ruth Stiles Gannett · 1987 · ★ 4.5 · 241p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A compilation of three tales which relate the fantastic adventures of Elmer Elevator and a baby flying dragon named Boris. Shares: Dragons, Children's fiction

It's All Greek to Me (Time Warp Trio, 8) Jon Scieszka · 1999 · ★ 3.5 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate As they are about to go on stage, Joe, Fred, and Sam are transported back to the time of Zeus and the other gods in Greek mythology, who, strangely enough, behave much as the characters in the trio's class play. Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

Never Race a Runaway Pumpkin Katherine Applegate · 2009 · ★ 4.5 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Pumpkin ContestIf Roscoe guesses the weight of a giant pumpkin, he'll be a winner! Easy, right? But a little black cat keeps trying to cross his path! Will the bad-luck kitty ruin Roscoe's chance to win? Shares: Humorous fiction, Animals, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

Every dog has his day John R. Erickson · 1988 · ★ 4.6 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Hank the Cowdog gets into more and more trouble before he is able to find a happy solution to this problems. Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

Silly Sally Audrey Wood · 1992 · ★ 3.6 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who makes many friends as she travels to town--backwards and upside down. Shares: Animals, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

The adventures of Super Diaper Baby Dav Pilkey · 2002 · ★ 4.3 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Irrepressible friends George and Harold create a new comic book superhero, Super Diaper Baby. Shares: Récits humoristiques, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

The Bears Go to School (A Pete & Gabby Book) Kay Winters · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Two bear cubs, Gabby and Pete, visit a nearby town. For some reason, they are not warmly greeted by panicked residents all over town—from the ice cream store to the post office. All—bears and people—are rescued when the ranger comes to investigate the situation. Full-color illustrations throughout enhance the reading experience for newly independent readers. Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

No more dead dogs Gordon Korman · 2000 · ★ 3.7 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Nobody understands Wallace Wallace. This reluctant school football hero has been suspended from the team for writing an unfavorable book report of Old Shep, My Pal. But Wallace won't tell a lie -- he hated every minute of the book! Why does the dog in every classic novel have to croak at the end? After refusing to do a rewrite, his English teacher, who happens to be directing the school play Old… Shares: Humorous fiction, Humorous stories, Children's fiction

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