Books like Flora & Ulysses

Flora & Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo reads as witty, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt · 2007

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

Ramona Quimby, Age 8

Beverly Cleary

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

The Canning Season

Polly Horvath · 2012

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

73% genome match

Savvy (Savvy #1)

Ingrid Law · 2008

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J.K. Rowling · 1999

Shares the comingofage thread

77% genome match

Mary Anne Saves the Day

Ann M. Martin · 1987

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Bud, Not Buddy

Christopher Paul Curtis · 2001

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

75% genome match

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself

Judy Blume · 1977

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Year of the Griffin

Diana Wynne Jones · 2000

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

78% genome match

How to Speak Dragonese

Cressida Cowell · 2005

Shares the comingofage thread

72% genome match

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match