# Books like The Apothecary

**10** books similar to *The Apothecary* by Maile Meloy (Mystery · grades 2–8), matched on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level. Every pick is grade-appropriate (a reading-level match, not just a topical one) and links to where it is assigned in US schools.

**Themes:** cold war, adventure and adventurers, alchemy, history
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## Similar books

- [Bink & Gollie](https://readinglist.school/book/bink-gollie) by Kate DiCamillo _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Here Comes the Garbage Barge](https://readinglist.school/book/here-comes-the-garbage-barge) by Jonah Winter _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of history, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Down the Rabbit Hole](https://readinglist.school/book/down-the-rabbit-hole) by Peter Abrahams _(Grades 2–8)_ — Both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, same genre (Mystery), and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Fever 1793](https://readinglist.school/book/fever-1793) by Laurie Halse Anderson _(Grades 2–8)_ — Shares themes of history, both on the Great Lakes Great Books Award (Michigan Reading Association) list, and overlapping grades (2–8).
- [Bomb: The Race to Build—and Steal—the World's Most Dangerous Weapon](https://readinglist.school/book/bomb) by Steve Sheinkin _(920L · Grades 6–9)_ — Shares themes of history and overlapping grades (6–9).
- [Framed!](https://readinglist.school/book/framed) by James Ponti _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).
- [I Survived the Great Chicago Fire, 1871](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-great-chicago-fire-1871) by Lauren Tarshis _(Grades 3–6)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers and overlapping grades (3–6).
- [I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912](https://readinglist.school/book/i-survived-the-sinking-of-the-titanic-1912) by Lauren Tarshis _(590L · Grades 2–5)_ — Shares themes of history and overlapping grades (2–5).
- [Loot](https://readinglist.school/book/loot) by Jude Watson _(Grades 3–8)_ — Shares themes of adventure and adventurers and overlapping grades (3–8).
- [Pie](https://readinglist.school/book/pie) by Sarah Weeks _(Grades 3–8)_ — Same genre (Mystery), overlapping grades (3–8), and the same era (2010s).

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