Read-alikes and related books

Books like Silverfin

24 books recommended for fans of Silverfin by Charles Higson, tied together by themes of Military & Wars, Westerns, Action & Adventure, and Historical.

Top related books to Silverfin

A diverse selection of titles that share the core themes and atmosphere of Silverfin.

Artemis Fowl and the Opal Deception

Eoin Colfer

Themes: Military & Wars • Westerns • Action & Adventure

The Thief’s Daughter

Alan Marks

Themes: Military & Wars • Westerns • Action & Adventure

Where the Broken Heart Still Beats The Story of Cynthia Ann Parker

Carolyn Meyer

Themes: Military & Wars • Westerns • Historical

Go West, Young Women!

Kathleen Karr

Themes: Westerns • Action & Adventure • Historical

Alice on the Island A Pearl Harbor Survival Story

Mayumi Shimose Poe

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Creek War

Marshal Younger

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story

Linda Sue Park

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

Letters from the Lighthouse

Emma Carroll

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

The Ministry of Unladylike Activity

Robin Stevens

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#10

Execution (the Plot to Kill Hitler #2)

Andy Marino

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#11

Prisoner B-3087

Alan Gratz

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#12

Friend Or Foe

Michael Morpurgo

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#13

I Survived the San Francisco Earthquake, 1906

Lauren Tarshis

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#14

Winter in Wartime

Jan Terlouw

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#15

Phoebe’s Folly

Kathleen Karr

Themes: Westerns • Action & Adventure • Historical

#16

Lord of the Nutcracker Men

Iain Lawrence

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#17

Retribution Rails

Erin Bowman

Themes: Westerns • Action & Adventure • Historical

#18

Rescue

Jennifer A. Nielsen

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#19

The Bletchley Riddle

Ruta Sepetys

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#20

Natasha’s Will

Joan Lingard

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#21

I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941

Lauren Tarshis

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#22

Abraham’s Battle A Novel of Gettysburg

Sara H. Banks

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#23

The Darkest Hour

Caroline Tung Richmond

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

#24

Anna and the Swallow Man

Gavriel Savit

Themes: Military & Wars • Action & Adventure • Historical

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Silverfin by Charles Higson. Connected by Military & Wars, Westerns, Action & Adventure. Authors featured include Eoin Colfer, Alan Marks, Carolyn Meyer, Kathleen Karr, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.