Books like Le chat botté

Le chat botté by Charles Perrault reads as playful, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen · 1846

Same classic feel

59% genome match

Aesop's Fables

Aesop · 1848

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Stone soup

Marcia Brown · 1947

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Fiabe italiane

Italo Calvino · 1956

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Once Upon a Time

Shannon Hale · 2014

Both explore fairy tales

64% genome match

The Hundred Dresses

Eleanor Estes · 1944

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

A Scandal in Bohemia

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1967

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

the mermaid's voice returns in this one

Amanda Lovelace · 2019

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

How much land does a man need?

Лев Толстой · 1986

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories

Alvin Schwartz · 1984

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Indian Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs · 1892

Both explore trickery

61% genome match

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Gebrüder Grimm [Brothers Grimm] · 2011

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match