18 books like Thanksgiving on Thursday

What to read after Thanksgiving on Thursday — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Revolutionary War on Wednesday Mary Pope Osborne · 2000 · ★ 4.4 · 69p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Using their magic tree house, Jack and Annie travel back to the time of the American Revolution and help General George Washington during his famous crossing of the Delaware River. Shares: Jack, Tree houses, Space and time, Voyages and travels

A good night for ghosts Mary Pope Osborne · 2009 · ★ 4.1 · 113p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Jack and Annie are on their second mission to find--and inspire--artists to bring happiness to millions. After traveling to New Orleans, Jack and Annie come head to head with some real ghosts, as well as discover the world of jazz when they meet a young Louis Armstrong!From the Hardcover edition. Shares: Tree houses, Space and time, Voyages and travels, Brothers and sisters

Blizzard Of the Blue Moon Mary Pope Osborne · 1992 · ★ 4.1 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Merlin has sent Jack and Annie on another mission to rescue a beautiful magical creature, the unicorn. AC 44650. Shares: Jack, Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel

Leprechaun in late winter Mary Pope Osborne · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Jack and Annie are on their third mission to find (and inspire!) creative people to bring happiness to others through the arts (Mozart and Louis Armstrong so far). Set in Ireland, Jack and Annie meet an Irish girl and go on a magical adventure that changes the girl's life--she grows up to be Lady Gregory, who helped bring back the Irish legends, started a theater, and helped the Irish people… Shares: Time travel in fiction, Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel

The Crossroads of Time Andre Norton · 1956 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate First published in 1958, Andre Norton's The Time Traders fuses Cold War espionage with archaeological romance and speculative adventure. Its protagonist, Ross Murdock, a delinquent recruited into a covert government project, is sent into prehistory to uncover how Soviet agents have gained access to alien technology. Norton's prose is brisk, economical, and suspenseful, shaped by pulp traditions… Shares: Space and time, Time Travel

Red Shift Alan Garner · 1973 · ★ 3.8 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The lives of three young men in three different periods of British history converge and each influences the destiny of the others. Shares: Space and time, Time Travel

Broken Kelley Armstrong · 2006 · ★ 4.2 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on the twenty-first century -- and become his next target...Ever since she discovered she's pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she's never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who's given birth. But thankfully, her expertise is… Shares: Jack, Space and time, Fantasy

Sunset of the Sabertooth Mary Pope Osborne · 1996 · ★ 4.4 · 73p · ≈ 2h · Moderate The magic tree house transports Jack and Annie on a mission to the Ice Age where they encounter Cro-Magnons, cave bears, sabertooth tigers, and woolly mammoths. Shares: Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic

Dark Day in the Deep Sea Mary Pope Osborne · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Jack and Annie continue their quest for the secrets of happiness--secrets they need if they're going to save Merlin. But when the magic tree house leads them to a tiny deserted island in the middle of the ocean, they're not sure who needs help more--Merlin or themselves! The brother and sister team are soon rescued by a ship of explorers and scientists. But the crew isn't looking for the secrets… Shares: Time travel in fiction, Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Magic

Abe Lincoln at last! Mary Pope Osborne · 2011 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie to Washington D.C. in the 1860s where they meet Abraham Lincoln and collect a feather that will help break a magic spell. Shares: Space and time, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic

Dinosaurs Before Dark Mary Pope Osborne · 1992 · ★ 4.5 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Eight-year-old Jack and his younger sister Annie find a magic treehouse, which whisks them back to an ancient time zone where they see live dinosaurs. ---------- German-language description: Ein Baumhaus mitten im Wald, wie aufregend! Neugierig klettern Anne und Philipp die Strickleiter hinauf. Wem es wohl gehört? Doch plötzlich beginnt das Baumhaus, sich wild zu drehen. Immer schneller und… Shares: Tree houses, Brothers and sisters, Time Travel, Magic

The Lodger Marie Belloc Lowndes · 1913 · 286p · ≈ 9h · Challenging The Lodger is the first known novelization of the Jack the Ripper story. It follows the lives of Mr. and Mrs. Bunting, a maid and butler. An eccentric lodger, Mr. Sleuth, arrives at their lodging-house just as a wave of horrific murders begins to sweep London. The Buntings become engrossed in the newspaper sensationalism as well the detailed accounts of their young friend, a Scotland Yard… Shares: Jack, History

For us, the living Robert A. Heinlein · 2004 · ★ 3.4 · 263p · ≈ 8h · Moderate SciFi - Originally written in 1938-9 but never published, RAH's first novel is a raw work filled with themes used throughout his career. Perry Nelson, a Navy flier, is killed in an auto accident in 1938; he awakens in 2086 and spends the novel contrasting reality of 1938 with the semi-utopian 2086. Shares: Time travel in fiction, Time Travel

The long earth Terry Pratchett · 2012 · ★ 3.8 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Terry Pratchett, other than lending his name to this book, wasn't a part of it. No humor and dark reading. Mr. Baxter should have published it under his own name, he can write, just not to my liking. gmb 3/15/20 Shares: Space and time, Time Travel

A Spell for Chameleon Piers Anthony · 1977 · ★ 4.2 · 344p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Xanth was the enchanted land where magic ruled - where every citizen had a special spell only he could cast. It was a land of centaurs, dragons and basiliks.But poor Bink alone had no magic. And unless he got some - and fast - he would be exiled. The Good Magician Humfrey was convined that Bink did indeed have magic, magic as powerful as any possessed by the King or Good Magician Humfrey… Shares: Magic, Fantasy

Portrait of a Killer Patricia Cornwell · 1960 · ★ 3.5 · 391p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "Between August and November 1888, at least seven women were murdered in London's Whitechapel area. The gruesome nature of their deaths caused panic and fear in the East End for months, and gave rise to the sobriquet that was to become shorthand for a serial killer - Jack the Ripper.". "For over a hundred years the murders have remained among the world's greatest unsolved crimes, and a wealth of… Shares: Jack, History

La lenteur Milan Kundera · 1994 · ★ 3.9 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Moderate After the gravity of The Unbearable Lightness of Being and Immortality, Slowness comes as a surprise: it is certainly Kundera's lightest novel, a divertimento, an opera buffa, with, as the author himself says, "not a single serious word in it"; then, too, it is the first of his novels to have been written in French (in the eyes of the French public, turning him definitively into a "French… Shares: Time travel in fiction, Time Travel

Outlander Diana Gabaldon · 1991 · ★ 4.4 · 644p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Unrivaled storytelling. Unforgettable characters. Rich historical detail. These are the hallmarks of Diana Gabaldon’s work. Her New York Times bestselling Outlander novels have earned the praise of critics and captured the hearts of millions of fans. Here is the story that started it all, introducing two remarkable characters, Claire Beauchamp Randall and Jamie Fraser, in a spellbinding novel of… Shares: Time travel in fiction, Time Travel, Fantasy, History

About the book Thanksgiving on Thursday →