18 books like Wild Born

What to read after Wild Born — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Against the Tide Tui T. Sutherland · 2014 · ★ 4.0 · 181p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have traveled across the world, seeking a set of powerful talismans in order to keep them from enemy hands. Throughout their journey the young heroes have been hounded by pursuers, who always seem to know just where to find them. Now they know why. One of them is a… Shares: Shapeshifting, Human-animal relationships, Animals, Good and evil

Sinner Maggie Stiefvater · 2014 · ★ 3.9 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Cole St. Clair and Isabel Culpeper share a past that, to neither of them, never seemed to have a future--but now that Isabel has left Cole for Los Angeles, Cole realizes that he cannot live without her. However, when they get back together, the old fears and dark power in each of them threaten to tear them apart forever. Shares: Human-animal relationship, Shapeshifting, Human-animal relationships, Adventure

Linger Maggie Stiefvater · 2010 · ★ 4.1 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate As Grace hides the vast depth of her love for Sam from her parents and Sam struggles to release his werewolf past and claim a human future, a new wolf named Cole wins Isabel's heart but his own past threatens to destroy the whole pack. Shares: Shapeshifting, Human-animal relationships, Adventure, Children's fiction

Shiver Maggie Stiefvater · 2008 · ★ 3.8 · 427p · ≈ 14h · Moderate In all the years she has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house, Grace has been particularly drawn to an unusual yellow-eyed wolf who, in his turn, has been watching her with increasing intensity. Shares: Shapeshifting, Human-animal relationships, Adventure, Children's fiction

Abhorsen Garth Nix · 2003 · ★ 4.3 · 392p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Book three in Garth Nix's internationally acclaimed Old Kingdom fantasy trilogy that began with Sabriel and Lirael.Beneath the earth, a malignant force lies waiting, greedy for freedom from its ancient prison. As the Old Kingdom falls once more into a realm of darkness and terror, the people look desperately to the Abhorsen, the scourge of the Dead, to save them. Yet Abhorsen Sabriel is lost,… Shares: Good and evil, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

The Royal Book of Oz Ruth Plumly Thompson · 1921 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Scarecrow searches for his family tree and discovers that he is the Long Lost Emperor of the Silver Island. Shares: Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction

Hunted Maggie Stiefvater · 2014 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate In the world of Erdas, only a rare few are able to summon a spirit animal in the way Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan have. The bond they share with their animals is a partnership that allows them to access more-than-human abilities. But what if there was another way to create a spirit animal--to force the bond, giving the human partner total control? And what if someone with selfish intentions… Shares: Human-animal relationships, Good and evil, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy

The Edge of the Knife H. Beam Piper · 2006 · 47p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Ed Chalmers, history professor, had a real problem in his classes: he kept blurting out events that hadn't happened yet. Of course that made him the butt of jokes and ridicule, and the Dean wanted him out despite his tenure. But Ed had other ideas ... especially when his predictions started coming true! Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Children's fiction

Circle of heroes Adam Jay Epstein · 2012 · ★ 4.4 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Human magic in Vastia is still gone, and as the familiars begin their journey to find the seven animals needed to summon the Shifting Fortress, an army of the Dead besieges the city of Bridgetower, destroying the first of three glyph stones, the only places where the Shifting Fortress can be called from. They escape, but are forced to leave the bounty hunter, Grimslade, behind. The familiars… Shares: Animals, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Adventure

The Bone Trail Paul Stewart · 2013 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate From the creators of the Edge Chronicles comes the thrilling conclusion to the epic saga of Wyrmeweald! The bone trail litters the barren lands of the wyrmeweald with the remains of dragon-like wyrmes, fortune-hunting kith bandits, and wyrme-protecting kin assassins alike—all viciously slaughtered in the gruesome quest for gold and power. Micah and his friends have battled tirelessly against the… Shares: Good and evil, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy

Last Dragonslayer (Last Dragonslayer, #1) Jasper Fforde · 2010 · ★ 4.2 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Fifteen-year-old Jennifer Strange runs an agency for underemployed magicians in a world where magic is fading away, but when visions of the death of the world's last dragon begin, all signs point to Jennifer--and Big Magic"--Provided by publisher. Fifteen-year-old foundling Jennifer runs Kazam, an employment agency for magicians, but it is hard to stay in business when magic is drying up. Then… Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The Enchanted Island of Yew L. Frank Baum · 1903 · ★ 3.9 · 106p · ≈ 3h · Challenging A beautiful fairy is transformed into a human prince for one year. He and his friends have many adventures. Shares: Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The Patchwork Girl of Oz L. Frank Baum · 1913 · ★ 3.9 · 134p · ≈ 4h · Challenging "Where's the butter, Unc Nunkie?" asked Ojo. Shares: Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Children's fiction

The Familiars Adam Jay Epstein · 2010 · ★ 3.9 · 372p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Aldwyn is an ordinary alley cat, who accidentally enters a shop while attempting to escape from a bounty hunter named Grimslade. He discovers that it is a shop full of magical animals, who are all prepared to become a wizard's familiar - that is to say, a magical animal companion. Just then, a young wizard-in-training, Jack, enters the shop with his mentor, the powerful wizard Kalstaff, to choose… Shares: Animals, Magic, Fantasy fiction, Adventure

Redwall Brian Jacques · 1986 · ★ 4.2 · 472p · ≈ 15h · Moderate When the peaceful life of ancient Redwall Abbey is shattered by the arrival of the evil rat Cluny and his villainous hordes, Matthias, a young mouse, determines to find the legendary sword of Martin the Warrior which, he is convinced, will help Redwall's inhabitants destroy the enemy. Shares: Animals, Good and evil, Fantasy fiction, Adventure

Wyrmeweald Bloodhoney Paul Stewart · 2012 · ★ 3.5 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Micah finds that winter is a dangerous time in the wyrmeweald. In addition to the intense cold, Micah and his friends Eli and Thrace are being hunted by an assassin intent on vengeance. Shares: Good and evil, Fantasy fiction, Adventure, Fantasy

The Magic World Edith Nesbit · 1959 · ★ 3.8 · 172p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Twelve stories with magic occurrences. Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Children's fiction

The Song of the Quarkbeast Jasper Fforde · 2011 · ★ 4.1 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Moderate King Snodd IV of the Kingdom of Hereford has realized that the power of magic has untold financial possibilities, and the man who controls magic controls almost anything. To this end, he has appointed as Official Court Sorcerer the odious Blix at Industrial Magic, one of only two Houses of Enchantment left in the world. With Blix's willing assistance, only one person stands between King Snodd and… Shares: Magic, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy, Children's fiction

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