Books like Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen reads as melancholic, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Fairy Tales and Stories

Hans Christian Andersen · 1850

Both explore morality & sacrifice

94% genome match

Once Upon a Time

Shannon Hale · 2014

Both explore morality & transformation

76% genome match

The king of the Golden River; or, The black brothers

John Ruskin · 1839

Both explore morality

71% genome match

Les Contes de ma mère l'Oye

Charles Perrault · 1675

Both explore morality & transformation

66% genome match

The Green Fairy Book

Andrew Lang · 1892

Both explore morality & transformation

67% genome match

The wonder clock

Howard Pyle · 1888

Both explore morality

66% genome match

Under the Sunset

Bram Stoker · 1882

Both explore morality

65% genome match

House of Pomegranates

Oscar Wilde · 2013

Both explore sacrifice & love

71% genome match

Fairy tales of Oscar Wilde

P. Craig Russell · 1992

Both explore sacrifice & love

64% genome match

The story of the other wise man

Henry van Dyke · 1895

Both explore sacrifice

61% genome match

Beauty and the beast

Jean Cocteau · 1970

Both explore love & sacrifice

64% genome match

Aesop's Fables

Aesop · 1848

Both explore morality

58% genome match