Books like Ella Enchanted

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine reads as charming, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Book of a Thousand Days

Shannon Hale · 2007

Both explore love

58% genome match

Howl's Moving Castle

Diana Wynne Jones · 1986

Both explore curses & love

64% genome match

Cinder

Marissa Meyer · 2012

Both explore rebellion

63% genome match

The Wishing Spell

Chris Colfer · 2012

Both explore fairy tales

62% genome match

Trickster's Choice

Tamora Pierce · 2003

Both explore rebellion

61% genome match

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill · 2016

Both explore love

57% genome match

A Knot in the Grain and Other Stories

Robin McKinley · 1994

Same fantasy feel

46% genome match

Allergic

Megan Wagner Lloyd · 2021

Same ya feel

57% genome match

Graceling

Kristin Cashore · 2008

Both explore love

56% genome match

Thornhedge

T. Kingfisher · 2023

Same fantasy feel

58% genome match

All's faire in middle school

Victoria Jamieson · 2017

Same ya feel

57% genome match

Arrow's Flight (Heralds of Valdemar #2)

Mercedes Lackey · 1987

Both explore self-discovery

57% genome match