Weir of Hermiston

5 best books like Weir of Hermiston (Robert Louis Stevenson): The Grammarians, A Fire Upon the Deep, Rappaccini's Daughter, The Sword in the Stone, Classical Me, Classical Thee: Squander Not Thine Education

The Grammarians
AuthorCathleen Schine
"The Grammarians" are Laurel and Daphne Wolfe, identical, inseparable redheaded twins who share an obsession with words. They speak a secret “twin” tongue of their own as toddlers; as adults making their way in 1980s Manhattan, their verbal infatuation continues, but this love, which has always...
AuthorVernor Vinge
ISBN0812515285
Alternate Cover Edition can be found here.

A Fire upon the Deep is the big, breakout book that fulfills the promise of Vinge's career to date: a gripping tale of galactic war told on a cosmic scale.

Thousands of years hence, many races inhabit a universe where a mind's potential is determined...
Rappaccini's Daughter
AuthorNathaniel Hawthorne
ISBN1419143956
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving,...
The Sword in the Stone
AuthorT.H. White
"Learn. That is the only thing that never fails."--Merlyn the Wizard

Before there was a famous king named Arthur, there was a curious boy named Wart and a kind old wizard named Merlyn. Transformed by Merlyn into the forms of his fantasy, Wart learns the value of history from a snake, of education...
AuthorRebekah Merkle
ISBN1591282098
Grades aren't the point, so drill to win.

Rebekah Merkle knows which high school classes you like and which you roll your eyes at, which books you enjoy and which you kinda skim. That's because she went through this whole thing called classical education, too.

Classical Me, Classical...
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