Books like Second Form at Malory Towers

Second Form at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton reads as nostalgic, wholesome. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Anne of Avonlea

L.M. Montgomery · 1909

Both explore friendship

61% genome match

The Secret Garden

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1911

Same classic feel

57% genome match

The naughtiest girl in the school; The naughtiest girl again; The naughtiest girl is a monitor

Enid Blyton · 1987

Both explore boarding school & mischief

76% genome match

What Katy Did

Susan Coolidge · 1873

Same classic feel

64% genome match

Heidi

Johanna Spyri

Both explore friendship

58% genome match

The Railway Children

E. Nesbit

Both explore friendship

58% genome match

Little Women and Good Wives

Louisa May Alcott · 1879

Same classic feel

60% genome match

Daddy-Long-Legs

Jean Webster · 1912

Same classic feel

55% genome match

Pollyanna

Eleanor H. Porter

Same classic feel

55% genome match

The Wouldbegoods

Edith Nesbit · 1901

Both explore mischief & friendship

71% genome match

The Chalet School

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer · 1991

Both explore friendship

69% genome match

The story of a bad boy

Thomas Bailey Aldrich · 1869

Both explore mischief & growing up

75% genome match