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Books like The Trap Door

24 books recommended for fans of The Trap Door by Lisa McMann, tied together by themes of Time Travel, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th Century, and Science Fiction.

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Top related books to The Trap Door

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

House of Danger

R. A. Montgomery

Themes: Time Travel • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Science Fiction

Flashback Four #1: The Lincoln Project

Dan Gutman

Themes: Time Travel • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Science Fiction

Long Road to Freedom

Kate Messner

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

White House Clubhouse: White House on Fire! — Sean O’Brien

Sean O'Brien

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

Abe Lincoln at Last!

Mary Pope Osborne

Themes: Time Travel • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Science Fiction

Sacagawea’s Strength

Stacia Deutsch

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

TimeRiders The Eternal War (Book 4)

Alex Scarrow

Themes: Time Travel • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Science Fiction

World’s Worst Time Machine

Dustin Brady

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

Island of Time

R. A. Montgomery

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

#10

Great Escapes #2: Journey to Freedom 1838

Sherri Winston

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

#11

Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun

Arvella Whitmore

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

#12

The Mostly True Adventures of Homer P. Figg

W. Rodman Philbrick

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

#13

The Buffalo Soldier

Sherry Garland

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

#14

The Door of No Return

Kwame Alexander

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

#15

Promises to the Dead

Mary Downing Hahn

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

#16

Timebound

Rysa Walker

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

#17

From Slave to Soldier Based on a True Civil War Story

Deborah Hopkinson

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

#18

Rescue on the Oregon Trail

Kate Messner

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • United States

#19

Stonewall Hinkleman and the Battle of Bull Run

Tom Angleberger

Themes: Time Travel • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Science Fiction

#20

The Drummer Boy of Vicksburg

G. Clifton Wisler

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

#21

Civil War on Sunday

Mary Pope Osborne

Themes: Time Travel • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Science Fiction

#22

When a Ghost Talks, Listen A Choctaw Trail of Tears Story

Tim Tingle

Themes: Time Travel • 19th Century • Science Fiction

#23

Shades of Blue and Gray

Lynne Hansen

Themes: Time Travel • Civil War Period (1850-1877) • Science Fiction

#24

Abraham’s Battle A Novel of Gettysburg

Sara H. Banks

Themes: Civil War Period (1850-1877) • 19th Century • United States

If The Trap Door by Lisa McMann is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Time Travel, Civil War Period (1850-1877), 19th Century and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by R. A. Montgomery, Dan Gutman, Kate Messner, Sean O'Brien, and others.