Books like Mary Poppins comes back

Mary Poppins comes back by Pamela L. Travers reads as whimsical, charming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Mary Poppins in the Park

Pamela L. Travers · 1934

Shares the wonder thread

94% genome match

The Enchanted Wood

Enid Blyton · 1939

Shares the wonder thread

83% genome match

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl · 1964

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1865

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The Magic World

Edith Nesbit · 1959

Shares the wonder thread

78% genome match

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1908

Shares the wonder thread

75% genome match

My neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki · 1992

Shares the wonder thread

76% genome match

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster · 1961

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The last of the really great whangdoodles

Julie Edwards · 1974

Shares the wonder thread

73% genome match

Necklace of Raindrops

Joan Aiken · 1968

Shares the wonder thread

73% genome match

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 1908

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

Coraline

Neil Gaiman · 2002

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match