Books Like Alanna: The First Adventure

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Trini Alvarado narrates Alanna with an energy that matches the book's conviction — she plays the disguise and determination of a girl forcing her way into knighthood without condescension, letting the adventure's sincerity carry its own weight. At five hours it's compact and quick-moving. Nine of these picks are award-winning, and most share that coming-of-age fantasy register where the protagonist's need to prove themselves drives the listen forward.

10 books for fans of Alanna: The First Adventure

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    Heart the Lover

    by Lily King

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    King's latest explores the complexities of love through interconnected relationships that reveal how we connect, disconnect, and find each other again.

    4.28 Goodreads (201.6K ratings)
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    The Correspondent

    by Virginia Evans

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    An epistolary novel built from discovered correspondence reveals one woman's journey through decades of artistic ambition, romantic heartbreak, and historical upheaval. Evans explores how letters create intimate connections across time and preserve the fragments that define a life.

    4.53 Goodreads (364.9K ratings)
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    Sunrise on the Reaping

    The Hunger Games

    by Suzanne Collins

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    Follow teenage Haymitch Abernathy into the arena during the second Quarter Quell, where the Capitol's twisted anniversary celebration doubles the death toll.

    4.50 Goodreads (1.1M ratings)
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    Remarkably Bright Creatures

    by Shelby Van Pelt

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    What starts as a widow's late-night cleaning job at an aquarium becomes something unexpectedly profound when she connects with a giant Pacific octopus who might hold clues to her son's disappearance.

    4.36 Goodreads (1.3M ratings)
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    My Friends

    by Fredrik Backman

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    Four teenagers forge a friendship so powerful it reaches across twenty-five years to transform a complete stranger's life in ways none of them could imagine.

    4.36 Goodreads (413.4K ratings)
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    The Giver

    Giver Quartet • Book 1

    by Lois Lowry

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    Jonas lives in a world without pain, war, or choice until he's selected to receive all of humanity's suppressed memories. Lowry creates a deceptively simple dystopia that questions whether safety is worth sacrificing humanity.

    4.12 Goodreads (2.8M ratings)
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    Slaughterhouse-Five

    by Kurt Vonnegut

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    Vonnegut blends his Dresden bombing experience with science fiction elements as Billy Pilgrim becomes "unstuck in time," witnessing his life's moments non-linearly.

    4.10 Goodreads (1.5M ratings)
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    Tales with a Twist V (Twisted Tales Book 5)

    by Michael Williams

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    Williams' fifth flash fiction collection serves up literary appetizers for all tastes, from psychological twists to supernatural surprises. Each brief story packs maximum impact in minimal space.

    5.00 Goodreads (1 ratings)
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    The Jungle Temple Oracle

    The Mystery of Herobrine • Book 2

    by Mark Cheverton

    4.52 Goodreads (569 ratings)
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    Pride and Prejudice

    by Jane Austen, Lulu Raczka

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    Mrs. Bennett's relentless campaign to marry off her five daughters creates some of literature's most memorable characters and sharpest social satire.

    4.36 Goodreads (3.2K ratings)