Books like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll reads as whimsical, experimental. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster · 1961

Shares the wonder + hopeful thread

77% genome match

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl · 1964

Shares the wonder + hopeful thread

71% genome match

Nevermoor

Jessica Townsend · 2017

Shares the wonder + hopeful thread

69% genome match

Stardust

Neil Gaiman · 1999

Shares the hopeful + wonder thread

83% genome match

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis · 1950

Shares the wonder + hopeful thread

83% genome match

The House in the Cerulean Sea

TJ Klune · 2020

Shares the hopeful + wonder thread

70% genome match

Necklace of Raindrops

Joan Aiken · 1968

Shares the wonder + hopeful thread

69% genome match

Mary Poppins comes back

Pamela L. Travers · 1935

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The Enchanted Wood

Enid Blyton · 1939

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass / The Hunting of the Snark

Lewis Carroll · 1924

Both explore nonsense & logic

79% genome match

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke · 2020

Shares the wonder + hopeful thread

69% genome match

The last of the really great whangdoodles

Julie Edwards · 1974

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match