Books like The Enormous Egg
The Enormous Egg by Oliver Butterworth reads as whimsical, curious. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Enchanted Wood
Enid Blyton · 1939
Shares the wonder thread
72% genome match
Necklace of Raindrops
Joan Aiken · 1968
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll · 1865
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis · 1950
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster · 1961
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Nevermoor
Jessica Townsend · 2017
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Rabbit hill
Robert Lawson · 1944
Shares the hopeful thread
72% genome match
Mary Poppins comes back
Pamela L. Travers · 1935
Shares the wonder thread
72% genome match
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl · 1964
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Willodeen
Katherine Applegate · 2021
Shares the hopeful thread
71% genome match
Devotions
Mary Oliver · 2017
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers · 2021
Shares the hopeful + wonder thread
69% genome match
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