18 books like Lost Boys

What to read after Lost Boys — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Isabella Moon Laura Benedict · 1998 · ★ 3.2 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate An extraordinary debut novel of suspense set in small-town America - both a terrific page-turner and a deeply engrossing read with wonderful characters, perfect for fans of Alice HoffmanCarystown, Kentucky, is still scarred by the mysterious disappearance two years ago of Isabella Moon. Faced with an almost complete lack of evidence – lack, even, of a body – the case of the missing girl is still… Shares: Missing children, Supernatural, Paranormal

The elixir of life (Auriol) William Harrison Ainsworth · 1844 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Auriol: or, The Elixir of Life is a novel by British historical novelist William Harrison Ainsworth. It was first published in 1844 in serial form, under the title Revelations of London. Auriol, written 1844, is slightly unusual in the Ainsworth repertoire as the action is entirely couched as a fantasy, so that the supernatural element (which occurs also, for instance, in his Guy Fawkes and his… Shares: Supernatural, Paranormal

With the immortals Francis Marion Crawford · 1888 · 314p · ≈ 10h · Challenging The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Supernatural, Paranormal

Loving Natalee Beth Holloway · 1975 · ★ 4.5 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate In May of 2005, Beth Holloway received the worst phone call a parent can imagine. Her beautiful daughter, Natalee Holloway, had disappeared without a trace in Aruba during her high school senior class trip. Two years later, for the very first time -- Beth Holloway steps forward -- in this astonishingly candid and inspirational memoir to tell of her harrowing ordeal, and her never-ending belief in… Shares: Missing children, Missing persons

Searching for Caleb Anne Tyler · 1976 · ★ 3.9 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Duncan Peck has a fascination for randomness and is always taking his family on the move. His wife, Justine, is a fortune teller who can't remember the past. Her grandfather, Daniel, longs to find the brother who walked out of his life in 1912, with nothing more than a fiddle in his hand. All three are taking journeys that lead back to the family's deepest roots...to a place where rebellion and… Shares: Missing persons, Family, Families

Look Homeward, Angel Thomas Wolfe · 1929 · ★ 3.9 · 636p · ≈ 21h · Challenging An elaborate and moving coming-of-age story about Eugene Gant, a restless and energetic character whose passion to experience life takes him from his small, rural hometown in North Carolina to Harvard University and the city of Boston. The novel's pattern is artfully simple--a small town, a large family, high school and college--yet the characters are monumental in their graphic individuality and… Shares: North Carolina, Family, Families

Rex Zero and the end of the world Tim Wynne-Jones · 2006 · ★ 3.5 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In the summer of 1962 with everyone nervous about a possible nuclear war, ten-nearly-eleven-year-old Rex, having just moved to Ottawa from Vancouver with his parents and five siblings, faces his own personal challenges as he discovers new friends and a new understanding of the world around him. Shares: Household Moving, Family, Families

Tales of Men and Ghosts Edith Wharton · 1910 · 248p · ≈ 8h · Challenging Tales of Men and Ghosts is a collection of ten Edith Wharton short stories: "The Bolted Door," "His Father's Son," "The Daunt Diana," "The Debt," "Full Circle," "The Legend," "The Eyes," "The Blond Beast," "Afterward," and "The Letters." Shares: Supernatural, Paranormal

Haunted James Patterson & James O. Born · 2017 · ★ 4.5 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate "Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push him, and his family, to the brink. He settles on an idyllic, small town in the beautiful Maine woods, a recommendation from a former colleague. But just when Bennett thinks he can relax, he gets pulled into a case that has shocked the tight-knit community. Kids are disappearing left and right with no explanation --… Shares: Missing children, Missing persons

Net of Jewels Ellen Gilchrist · 1992 · 360p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: North Carolina, Families

The Institute Stephen King · 2019 · ★ 4.2 · 624p · ≈ 20h · Moderate In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special… Shares: Missing children, Missing persons, Supernatural

The silver spoon John Galsworthy · 1921 · ★ 4.1 · 315p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Books for All Kinds of Readers Read HowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market today. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers' new… Shares: Family, Families

Speaking in tongues Jeffery Deaver · 1995 · ★ 4.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy -- and danger -- seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Shares: Missing children, North Carolina

The bent twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher · 1915 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Challenging Unlike other young women of her generation, who were "bred up from childhood to sit behind tea-tables and say the right things to tea-drinkers," Sylvia Marshall - the "twig" of this novel - was reared to think for herself and to trust her own instincts and experience. This, coupled with her passionate temperament, makes Sylvia a compelling figure as she resists efforts to mold her with every… Shares: Family, Families

Labyrinth Lost Zoraida Córdova · 2016 · ★ 3.7 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate I was chosen by the Deos. Even gods make mistakes. Alex is a bruja, the most powerful witch in a generation…and she hates magic. At her Deathday celebration, Alex performs a spell to rid herself of her power. But it backfires. Her whole family vanishes into thin air, leaving her alone with Nova, a brujo she can’t trust, but who may be Alex’s only chance at saving her family. Shares: Family, Families, Supernatural, Paranormal

The Forbidden Zone Whitley Strieber · 1993 · ★ 3.3 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The mound, a quiet town gathering spot ... until now. Now something undeniably evil is hiding beneath it. A powerful darkness, terror with unfathomable needs and desires, spreading its roots in secret, transforming all that the good townfolk love and cherish: their past, their hopes, their souls.Courageous physicist Brian Kelley and his beautiful, very pregnant wife, must confront the horror.… Shares: Supernatural, Paranormal

The Glory of Hera Philip Slater · 1968 · ★ 4.0 · 543p · ≈ 18h · Moderate Shares: Family, Families

NOS4A2 Joe Hill · 2013 · ★ 4.5 · 702p · ≈ 23h · Moderate Shares: Missing children, Missing persons

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