Books like Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer

Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer by Michael Ende reads as whimsical, adventurous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Nicobobinus

Terry Jones · 1985

Shares the quest thread

75% genome match

The Forbidden Forest

William Pène Du Bois · 1978

Shares the quest thread

81% genome match

The BFG

Roald Dahl

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

Nightbirds on Nantucket (Wolves #3)

Joan Aiken · 1966

Shares the quest thread

71% genome match

How to train your dragon

Cressida Cowell · 2003

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

The Road to Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1909

Shares the quest thread

78% genome match

Pippi Langstrump i Söderhavet

Astrid Lindgren · 1957

Both explore friendship & imagination

65% genome match

The Pearls of Lutra

Brian Jacques · 1996

Shares the quest thread

75% genome match

The magic Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton · 1943

Both explore imagination & friendship

72% genome match

On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness

Andrew Peterson · 2008

Shares the quest thread

74% genome match

Dragons at Crumbling Castle

Terry Pratchett · 2014

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

The last of the really great whangdoodles

Julie Edwards · 1974

Both explore imagination & friendship

75% genome match