Books like Princess Academy

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale reads as hopeful, charming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

Shares the escape + foundfamily thread

70% genome match

The Magic in the Weaving

Tamora Pierce · 1997

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

74% genome match

A Hat Full of Sky

Terry Pratchett

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

83% genome match

Loveless

Alice Oseman

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

70% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

It's Like This, Cat

Emily Cheney Neville · 1992

Shares the escape + foundfamily thread

69% genome match

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

69% genome match

Among Others

Jo Walton · 2012

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The View from Saturday

E.L. Konigsburg · 2010

Shares the escape + foundfamily thread

69% genome match

Summer Sisters

Judy Blume · 1998

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The List of Things That Will Not Change

Rebecca Stead · 2020

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

69% genome match