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The Catalogue

Pick a bar to narrow the shelf. Every panel below follows the same filter — the two charts, the plot, and the list of books — and each bar says how many books choosing it would leave you with.

3815 books on the shelf

3815 filed under a genre

16 genres

6 with no recorded year

For the same counts drawn as figures, see Statistics.

6 of them record no publication year at all — show those books.

Showing 56 of 3815 books, filtered by Historical Fiction 1925–49 Word count up to 143,248 Clear all

Titles by genre

Each bar counts the books of that genre which survive the year filter, so it says what picking that genre would leave you with. The 0 books filed under no genre at all are in no bar here.

Titles by year published

The whole timeline, back to the catalogue's oldest book. The bars widen as they go back, because equal-width bars across four thousand years would press everything before 1900 into a single pixel — where the statistics page leaves those books out of its chart and says so in the caption, the explorer has to be able to reach them, so its bars change width instead of stopping. Each bar counts the books of that era which survive the genre filter.

Two measures at a time

The books above, as dots. 26 of the 83 carry both measures and can be plotted; a book missing a measure has no place on that axis, so it is left off rather than drawn at zero. Each axis covers the middle 98% of what is shown.

The dots outside your ranges are still drawn, faded, so that you can see what you are narrowing from; the bars above and the list below obey the ranges. 27 of the 83 books in view carry no measure on a ranged axis, so no range can place them — take the ranges off to see them.

Point at a dot to see which book it is, and where it sits on each axis. Click one to open that book's own page of neighbours — the same book, in the middle of a map, with the books closest to it around it.

Horizontal axis

Vertical axis

Number of pages

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Word count

to up to 20,000 20,000–40,000 40,000–60,000 60,000–80,000 80,000–100,000 100,000 and up clear Word count

The 56 books that match

Animal Farm by George Orwell, 1945 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1090L

AR

7.3

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, 1935 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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710L

AR

7.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Bambi by Felix Salten, 1929 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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690L

AR

4.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Benjamin West and his Cat Grimalkin by Marguerite Henry, 1947 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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730L

AR

4.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Betsy-Tacy and Tib by Maud Hart Lovelace, 1941 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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650L

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4.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Boy with a Pack by Stephen W. Meader, 1939 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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6.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Bright Island by Mabel Robinson, 1937 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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780L

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6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
By the Shores of Silver Lake by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1939 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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820L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Calico Bush by Rachel Field, 1931 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1060L

AR

6.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry, 1941 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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830L

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6.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Children of the Soil: A Story of Scandinavia by Nora Burglon, 1932 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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6.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Clearing Weather by Cornelia Meigs, 1928 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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8.4

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Daniel Boone by James Daugherty, 1940 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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7.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather, 1927 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1150L

AR

7.9

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Dobry by Monica Shannon, 1935 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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5.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Downright Dencey by Caroline Snedeker, 1927 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji, 1928 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1040L

AR

6.5

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Heaven to Betsy by Maud Hart Lovelace, 1945 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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5.8

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Hello the Boat! by Phyllis Crawford, 1938 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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5.4

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison by Lois Lenski, 1941 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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800L

AR

5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes, 1943 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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840L

AR

5.9

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer by Hildegarde Swift, 1929 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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4.7

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1932 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Little Town on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1941 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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850L

AR

5.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Meggy MacIntosh by Elizabeth Gray Vining, 1930 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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6.6

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Mountains Are Free by Julia Davis Adams, 1930 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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5.5

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Nino by Valenti Angelo, 1938 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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6.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
On the Banks of Plum Creek by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1937 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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720L

AR

4.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Pancakes-Paris by Claire Huchet Bishop, 1947 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

AR

5.4

AR Interest: LG (K–3)
Pran of Albania by Elizabeth Cleveland Miller, 1929 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here
Queer Person by Ralph Hubbard, 1930 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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8.2

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Rufus M. by Eleanor Estes, 1943 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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770L

AR

5.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Shane by Jack Schaefer, 1949 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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870L

AR

5.5

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James, 1927 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1440L
Snow Treasure by Marie McSwigan, 1942 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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690L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Spice and the Devil's Cave by Agnes Hewes, 1930 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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6.8

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
Swift Rivers by Cornelia Meigs, 1932 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1160L

AR

7.0

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Avion My Uncle Flew by Cyrus Fisher, 1946 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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820L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Codfish Musket by Agnes Hewes, 1936 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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7.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Door in the Wall by Marguerite De Angeli, 1949 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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920L

AR

6.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Forgotten Daughter by Caroline Snedeker, 1933 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here
The Golden Basket by Ludwig Bemelmans, 1936 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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6.0

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 1931 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1530L

AR

6.8

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The Hidden Treasure of Glaston by Eleanore M. Jewett, 1946 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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7.2

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Jumping-Off Place by Marian Hurd McNeely, 1929 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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5.8

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1940 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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790L

AR

5.3

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Matchlock Gun by Walter D. Edmonds, 1941 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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860L

AR

5.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
These Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls Wilder, 1943 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

Lexile

840L

AR

5.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy, 1939 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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770L

AR

5.0
The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly, 1929 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1200L

AR

7.1

AR Interest: UG (9–12)
The White Stag by Kate Seredy, 1938 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1020L

AR

6.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Tod of the Fens by Elinor Whitney Field, 1928 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here
Tree of Freedom by Rebecca Caudill, 1949 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

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1030L

AR

6.1

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Vaino: A Boy of New Finland by Julia Davis Adams, 1929 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here
Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer, 1932 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

Lexile

860L

AR

5.6

AR Interest: MG (4–8)
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis, 1933 Historical Fiction
its constellation roads from here

Lexile

890L

AR

6.4

AR Interest: MG (4–8)