Books like Mildred and Sam

Mildred and Sam by Sharleen Collicott reads as whimsical, charming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Muminpappans bravader / Muminpappans memoarer

Tove Jansson · 1950

Shares the comingofage thread

81% genome match

The adventures of the dish and the spoon

Mini Grey · 2006

Shares the comingofage thread

78% genome match

The Patchwork Girl of Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1913

Shares the comingofage thread

72% genome match

カ−ドキャプタ−さくら 1

CLAMP · 1996

Shares the comingofage thread

82% genome match

Trapper

Stephen Cosgrove · 1981

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Nicobobinus

Terry Jones · 1985

Shares the comingofage thread

78% genome match

Chicken Soup with Rice

Maurice Sendak · 1962

Both explore imagination

63% genome match

Walt Disney's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Walt Disney Company · 1997

Both explore friendship & imagination

78% genome match

The last of the really great whangdoodles

Julie Edwards · 1974

Shares the comingofage thread

80% genome match

Labyrinth

A. C. H. Smith · 1986

Shares the comingofage thread

76% genome match

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame · 1908

Both explore friendship & nature

72% genome match

Flight, Volume Two

Kazu Kibuishi · 2005

Shares the comingofage thread

78% genome match