Books like Watership Down by Richard Adams
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Genre
What it is about
- Rabbits
- Adventure and adventurers
- Children's stories
- Survival
- Nature
Where it happens
- Hampshire
Kind of book
- Novel
Ages
- Ages 11+
- Adult
Awards
- Carnegie Medal
- Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
About this book
Its subjects in Open Library: Rabbits, Adventure and adventurers, Children's stories, Survival. It is set in Hampshire and listed for ages 11 and up.
Where this comes from: Open Library · Wikidata · Common Sense Media
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Watership Down: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
The Princess Bride: "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fiction, romance, fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject)
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Watership Down: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
Outlander: "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre); "Fantasy fiction" (LoC 655)
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Why: Both are fantasy books.
What both books share
- fantasy
Watership Down: "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "fantasy" (WD genre)
Assassin's Apprentice: "Fiction, fantasy, general" (OL subject); "Fantasy" (OL subject); "Fantasy fiction" (OL subject); "Fiction, fantasy, epic" (OL subject)
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Watership Down: the facts, checked
Each line names the page it was checked on and the date.
- First published
- First published in November 1972. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
- Edition checked
- The edition checked here is a 476-page paperback from Scribner. Source: Library of Congress, checked November 6, 2026.
9780743277709 ... pbk. ... 476 p. ... Scribner
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the NPR Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Books for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Carnegie Medal (1972) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1973) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
- Awards and honors
- Wikidata lists the California Young Reader Medal (1977) for this book. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own, checked November 6, 2026.
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