Books like Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins 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 comes back

Pamela L. Travers · 1935

Shares the wonder thread

79% genome match

My neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki · 1992

Shares the wonder thread

76% genome match

The Magic World

Edith Nesbit · 1959

Shares the wonder thread

73% genome match

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1908

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster · 1961

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

J. M. Barrie · 1906

Both explore childhood & imagination

66% genome match

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll · 1865

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The little bookroom

Eleanor Farjeon · 1955

Shares the wonder thread

79% genome match

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl · 1964

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 1908

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The folk of the Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton · 1946

Shares the wonder thread

74% genome match

The Night Before Christmas

Clement Clarke Moore · 1857

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match