Books like La ciudad de las bestias

La ciudad de las bestias by Isabel Allende reads as adventurous, mystical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The whale rider

Witi Tame Ihimaera · 1987

Both explore environmentalism

66% genome match

Ogboju ode ninu igbo irunmale

D. O. Fagunwa · 1968

Both explore courage

65% genome match

Life of Pi

Yann Martel · 2001

Same adventure feel

57% genome match

Hija de la fortuna

Isabel Allende · 1998

Same adventure feel

59% genome match

Como agua para chocolate

Laura Esquivel · 1989

Both explore family & magic

60% genome match

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina García · 1992

Both explore family & magic

61% genome match

Moi, Tituba, Sorcière…Noire de Salem

Maryse Condé · 1986

Same fantasy feel

57% genome match

Cantik Itu Luka

Eka Kurniawan · 2015

Same fantasy feel

55% genome match

Pedro Páramo

Juan Rulfo

Both explore family

56% genome match

Big fish

Wallace, Daniel · 1998

Same fantasy feel

57% genome match

Summer of the mariposas

Guadalupe Garcia McCall · 2012

Both explore family & courage

73% genome match

Little, Big

John Crowley · 1981

Both explore magic

56% genome match