What to Read After Hatchet
Readers who loved Hatchet by Gary Paulsen keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Hatchet is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Hatchet
Shiloh/Newbery Summer
My side of the mountain
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
Wild Man Island
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Ella Enchanted
Tuck Everlasting
Bridge to Terabithia
Stargirl
The River (Brian's Saga, #2)
A Light in the Attic
Walk Two Moons
Brian's Winter (Brian's Saga, #3)
The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember)
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Maniac Magee
Number the Stars
Where the Red Fern Grows
The Giving Tree
The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Among the Hidden
Julie of the Wolves