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Explore 24 books like Blood Gold by Michael Cadnum — a handpicked selection united by 19th Century, United States, and Historical.

19th Century United States Historical Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Blood Gold

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

An Island Far from Home — John Donahue

An Island Far from Home

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

An Avon True Romance: Josephine and the Soldier — Beverly Jenkins

An Avon True Romance: Josephine and the Soldier

Beverly Jenkins

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

One Sky Above Us — Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

One Sky Above Us

Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888 — Lauren Tarshis

I Survived the Children’s Blizzard, 1888

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Where the Buffaloes Begin — Olaf Baker

Where the Buffaloes Begin

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

West on the Wagon Train — E. Cody Kimmel

West on the Wagon Train

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Amistad A Long Road to Freedom — Walter Dean Myers

Amistad A Long Road to Freedom

Walter Dean Myers

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Mr. Tucket — Gary Paulsen

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Prairie Lotus — Linda Sue Park

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Emily & Jackson Hiding Out — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Emily & Jackson Hiding Out

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Sarah Journeys West An Oregon Trail Survival Story — Nikki Shannon Smith

Sarah Journeys West An Oregon Trail Survival Story

Nikki Shannon Smith

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

New Dawn on Rocky Ridge — Roger Lea MacBride

New Dawn on Rocky Ridge

Roger Lea MacBride

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Margaret Knight Girl Inventor — Marlene Brill

Margaret Knight Girl Inventor

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

The Hero Two Doors Down Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend — Sharon Robinson

The Hero Two Doors Down Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend

Sharon Robinson

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Chang’s Paper Pony — Eleanor Coerr

Chang’s Paper Pony

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

By the Shores of Silver Lake — Laura Ingalls Wilder

By the Shores of Silver Lake

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Winter Days in the Big Woods — Laura Ingalls Wilder

Winter Days in the Big Woods

Laura Ingalls Wilder

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Some Kind of Courage — Dan Gemeinhart

Some Kind of Courage

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Crows and Cards — Joseph Helgerson

Crows and Cards

Joseph Helgerson

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

A Land Remembered — Patrick D. Smith

A Land Remembered

Patrick D. Smith

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Juneteenth — Van G. Garrett

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

No Man’s Land A Young Soldier’s Story — Susan Campbell Bartoletti

No Man’s Land A Young Soldier’s Story

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

Stargone John — Ellen Kindt McKenzie

Ellen Kindt McKenzie

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

P.K. Pinkerton and the Petrified Man — Caroline Lawrence

P.K. Pinkerton and the Petrified Man

Caroline Lawrence

Themes: 19th Century • United States • Historical

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Blood Gold by Michael Cadnum. Connected by 19th Century, United States, Historical. Authors featured include John Donahue, Beverly Jenkins, Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, Lauren Tarshis, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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