What books are similar to Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera?

The 10 closest matches to Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera by Deborah Hopkinson on ReadingList include The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey, Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic, The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves, and The Fire of Stars. Each is scored on shared themes (science, history, and biography), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 3–6), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

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Books like Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera

If you liked Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera, read The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey first — the closest match in our database, matched on shared themes, shared award lists, and reading level.

Closest match: The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey by Chad Soon & Amy Maranville — shares history and biography

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Looking for books like Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera by Deborah Hopkinson (Nonfiction · grades 3–6)? It’s most often read for its themes of science, history, and biography. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, shared award lists, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

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The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockeygrades 3–7: Shares themes of history and biography, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Nonfiction). Amazon → books like this →
Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helensgrades 4–8: Shares themes of science and history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Nonfiction). Amazon → books like this →
Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arcticgrades 3–6: Shares themes of science, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Nonfiction). Amazon → books like this →
The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Cavesgrades 3–7: Shares themes of science, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Nonfiction). Amazon → books like this →
The Fire of Starsgrades 4–8: Shares themes of science and history, same genre (Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planetgrades 4–8: Shares themes of science, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and same genre (Nonfiction). Amazon → books like this →
The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkiengrades 4–8: Shares themes of history and biography, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon → books like this →
Haiku, Ew! Celebrating the Disgusting Side of Naturegrades 3–6: Shares themes of science, same genre (Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaustgrades 2–5: Shares themes of history and biography and overlapping grades (2–5). Amazon → books like this →
Volcanoesgrades 3–6: Shares themes of history, same genre (Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon → books like this →

Books like Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

A Journey Under the Sea by Craig Foster · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of science and overlapping grades (2–5).
Call Me Roberto!: Roberto Clemente Goes to Bat for Latinos by Nathalie Alonso · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of biography and overlapping grades (2–5).
Fox Has a Problem by Corey R. Tabor · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of problem-solving and overlapping grades (2–5).
Honey, the Dog Who Saved Abe Lincoln by Shari Swanson · grades K–2 — Same genre (Nonfiction) and the same era (2020s).
Introducing Sandwina: The Strongest Woman in the World! by Vicki Conrad · grades 2–5 — Shares themes of biography and overlapping grades (2–5).

Books like Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

The Mystery of the Monarchs by Barb Rosenstock · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of science, same genre (Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Hoops by Matt Tavares · grades 3–5 — Shares themes of history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (3–5).
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art by Hannah Salyer · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history, same genre (Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
Not Nothing by Gayle Forman · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).

Books like Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

The Mystery of the Monarchs by Barb Rosenstock · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of science, same genre (Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Ancestory: The Mystery and Majesty of Ancient Cave Art by Hannah Salyer · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history, same genre (Nonfiction), and overlapping grades (4–8).
Code Name Kingfisher by Liz Kessler · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
Not Nothing by Gayle Forman · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).
The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of history, both on the Maine Student Book Award list, and overlapping grades (4–8).

Books like Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

Murder Among Friends by Candace Fleming · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of history and same genre (Nonfiction).
Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by Ronald Wimberly · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of history.
Torch by Lyn Miller-Lachmann · grades 9–12 — Shares themes of history.
Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend by Karen Blumenthal · grades 9–12 — Same genre (Nonfiction).
The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer · grades 11–12 — Same genre (Nonfiction).

Common questions

What books are similar to Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera?: The 10 closest matches to Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera by Deborah Hopkinson on ReadingList include The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey, Mountain of Fire: The Eruption and Survivors of Mount St. Helens, Narwhal: Unicorn of the Arctic, The Dark!: Wild Life in the Mysterious World of Caves, and The Fire of Stars. Each is scored on shared themes (science, history, and biography), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 3–6), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.
Are books like Evidence! How Dr. John Snow Solved the Mystery of Cholera reading-level appropriate?: Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 3–6), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.
How does ReadingList choose similar books?: Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Book data last updated 2026-09-05. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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