What to Read Next If You Like Lemony Snicket

If you loved The Bad Beginning, Lemony Snicket's hilariously tragic chronicle of the sad adventures of the Baudelaire orphans, add these titles to your library list this summer.

Your Next Picture Book

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue by Maurice Sendak

Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue by Maurice Sendak is a delightfully subversive story about a bratty boy who gets a lion-sized comeuppance.


Your next chapter book

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken

The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken pits bold Bonnie and her orphaned cousin Sylvia against an evil governess.


Your next readaloud

Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotsen

Dial-a-Ghost by Eva Ibbotsen turns the traditional ghost story on its head by introducing sympathetic specters who rescue young Oliver from his nefarious cousins.


 

Your next teen read

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman makes the Apocalypse a comedy of errors, complete with a reluctant Antichrist, a hellhound who just wants to be a Good Boy, and a set of prophecies that are a little too accurate.


Your next grown-up book

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde puts Special Ops literary detective Thursday Next into perilous situations both in and out of classic literature.


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