Books like Nicobobinus

Nicobobinus by Terry Jones reads as whimsical, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Tin Woodman of Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1918

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

83% genome match

The BFG

Roald Dahl

Shares the quest thread

74% genome match

Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer

Michael Ende · 1960

Shares the quest thread

85% genome match

Flight, Volume Two

Kazu Kibuishi · 2005

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

87% genome match

How to Speak Dragonese

Cressida Cowell · 2005

Shares the comingofage thread

83% genome match

The Farthest-Away Mountain

Lynne Reid Banks · 1976

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

87% genome match

The last of the really great whangdoodles

Julie Edwards · 1974

Shares the comingofage thread

87% genome match

Top Secret

John Reynolds Gardiner · 1984

Shares the comingofage thread

80% genome match

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J.K. Rowling · 1999

Shares the comingofage thread

72% genome match

The girl with the green ear

Margaret Mahy · 1992

Shares the comingofage thread

80% genome match

The Forbidden Forest

William Pène Du Bois · 1978

Shares the quest thread

85% genome match

The Wizard of Oz

Lyman Frank Baum · 2009

Shares the quest thread

78% genome match