Books like The curious garden
The curious garden by Peter Brown reads as hopeful, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The little gardener
Emily Hughes · 2015
Shares the hopeful thread
78% genome match
Have You Ever Seen a Flower?
Shawn Harris · 2021
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
Tuesday
David Wiesner · 1987
Shares the wonder thread
69% genome match
The Paper Crane
Molly Bang · 1985
Shares the hopeful thread
69% genome match
The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune · 2020
Shares the hopeful + wonder thread
69% genome match
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers · 2021
Shares the hopeful + wonder thread
69% genome match
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll · 1865
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Piranesi
Susanna Clarke · 2020
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman · 1996
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern · 2019
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster · 1961
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Devotions
Mary Oliver · 2017
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
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