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Readers who finished Breakout by Chris Bennett and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Civil War Era, Action & Adventure, and Historical.

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Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Breakout.

Sedition — Chris Bennett

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

A Horse’s Tale — Mark Twain

A Horse’s Tale

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Kilrone A Novel — Louis L’Amour

Kilrone A Novel — Louis L’Amour

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Down the Long Valley The Old Man’s Gift (Book #4) — Rosie Bosse

Down the Long Valley The Old Man’s Gift (Book #4) — Rosie Bosse

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Lincoln Myth A Novel — Steve Berry

The Lincoln Myth A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Cry of the Hawk A Novel — Terry C. Johnston

Cry of the Hawk A Novel

Terry C. Johnston

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Dark Frontier — Matthew Harffy

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Sharpe’s Escape Portugal, 1810 — Bernard Cornwell

Sharpe’s Escape Portugal, 1810

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Rebel Spurs — Andre Norton

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Mysterious Island — Jules Verne

The Mysterious Island

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Road to Montana Up the Bloody Bozeman (Book #7) — Rosie Bosse

The Road to Montana Up the Bloody Bozeman (Book #7) — Rosie Bosse

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn — Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Bloody Ground — Bernard Cornwell

The Bloody Ground

Bernard Cornwell

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

War Party Stories — Louis L’Amour

War Party Stories — Louis L’Amour

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Red Warning A Novel — Matthew Quirk

Red Warning A Novel

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

A Private and Her Foes A Novel of the American Civil War — Mark Gallik

A Private and Her Foes A Novel of the American Civil War

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Last Full Measure A Novel of the Civil War — Jeff Shaara

The Last Full Measure A Novel of the Civil War

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

A Matter of Honor — Larry Auerbach

A Matter of Honor

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Red Badge of Courage — Stephen Crane

The Red Badge of Courage

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Fire that Calms the Storm A Story of the Civil War — Anthony Wood

The Fire that Calms the Storm A Story of the Civil War

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

When the Mountains Wept — Kendy Pearson

When the Mountains Wept

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Soul Catcher — Michael C. White

Michael C. White

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Chenneville A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance — Paulette Jiles

Chenneville A Novel of Murder, Loss, and Vengeance

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

Code for the Road — Craig Leavitt

Code for the Road

Themes: Civil War Era • Action & Adventure • Historical

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Civil War Era, Action & Adventure, Historical — the same threads that run through Breakout by Chris Bennett. Among the authors featured: Chris Bennett, Mark Twain, Louis L'Amour, ROSIE. BOSSE, and others.

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