Books like Coraline

Coraline by P. Craig Russell reads as eerie, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Wolves in the Walls

Neil Gaiman

Both explore family & courage

66% genome match

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

John Bellairs · 1973

Both explore family & courage

68% genome match

The Thief of Always

Clive Barker · 1992

Both explore identity

66% genome match

The Plucker

Gerald Brom · 2005

Both explore childhood fears

68% genome match

Scary Godmother

Jill Thompson · 1997

Both explore courage

66% genome match

20th Century Ghosts

Joe Hill

Both explore family

64% genome match

Into the Grey

Celine Kiernan · 2011

Both explore family

67% genome match

The Book of Lost Things

John Connolly · 2006

Same fantasy feel

62% genome match

Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories

Tim Burton · 1997

Same graphic feel

63% genome match

The old Willis place

Mary Downing Hahn · 2004

Same horror feel

59% genome match

V for Vendetta

Alan Moore · 1989

Same graphic feel

56% genome match

Amphigorey Too (Amphigorey #2)

Edward Gorey · 1975

Same graphic feel

63% genome match