Books like Grandpa’s Great Escape

Grandpa’s Great Escape by David Walliams reads as humorous, heartwarming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The astounding broccoli boy

Frank Cottrell Boyce · 2015

Both explore family

64% genome match

Gangsta Granny

David Walliams · 2001

Both explore family & adventure

83% genome match

How to train your dragon

Cressida Cowell · 2003

Same adventure feel

66% genome match

The Enchanted Wood

Enid Blyton · 1939

Both explore imagination

66% genome match

James and the Giant Peach

Roald Dahl

Both explore adventure & family

66% genome match

Ramona the Pest

Beverly Cleary · 1968

Both explore imagination & family

65% genome match

Pippi Långstrump

Astrid Lindgren · 1945

Both explore imagination

64% genome match

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J.K. Rowling · 1999

Same ya feel

62% genome match

Mary Poppins comes back

Pamela L. Travers · 1935

Both explore imagination & family

65% genome match

Nicobobinus

Terry Jones · 1985

Both explore adventure & imagination

65% genome match

Sideways Stories from Wayside School

Louis Sachar · 1978

Both explore imagination

62% genome match

The secret of the Indian

Lynne Reid Banks · 1989

Both explore imagination

65% genome match