# Books like The Dark Is Rising

**10** books similar to *The Dark Is Rising* by Susan Cooper (Children's · grades 4–9), 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.

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## Similar books

- [The Boggart and the Monster](https://readinglist.school/book/the-boggart) by Susan Cooper _(Grades 4–8)_ — Is by Susan Cooper, the same author and overlapping grades (4–8).
- [The Grey King](https://readinglist.school/book/the-grey-king) by Susan Cooper _(Grades 3–7)_ — Is by Susan Cooper, the same author, overlapping grades (3–7), and the same era (1970s).
- [Child of the Owl](https://readinglist.school/book/child-of-the-owl) by Laurence Yep _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [M.C. Higgins, the Great](https://readinglist.school/book/m-c-higgins-the-great) by Virginia Hamilton _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [The Road from Home](https://readinglist.school/book/the-road-from-home) by David Kherdian _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [Tristan And Iseult](https://readinglist.school/book/tristan-and-iseult) by Rosemary Sutcliff _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).
- [Voyaging to Cathay](https://readinglist.school/book/voyaging-to-cathay) by Alfred H. Tamarin _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [The Westing Game](https://readinglist.school/book/the-westing-game) by Ellen Raskin _(750L · Grades 5–7)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list (+1 more shared list), overlapping grades (5–7), and the same era (1970s).
- [A Drop of Water: A Book of Science and Wonder](https://readinglist.school/book/a-drop-of-water-a-book-of-science-and-wonder) by Walter Wick _(Grades 4–10)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–10).
- [A Little Fear](https://readinglist.school/book/a-little-fear) by Patricia Wrightson _(Grades 4–9)_ — Both on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award list, same genre (Children's), and overlapping grades (4–9).

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