Books like The House in the Cerulean Sea
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune reads as whimsical, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Stardust
Neil Gaiman · 1999
Shares the hopeful + wonder thread
78% genome match
The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern · 2019
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow · 2019
Shares the foundfamily + wonder thread
69% genome match
Anxious People
Fredrik Backman · 2019
Shares the hopeful + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
Nevermoor
Jessica Townsend · 2017
Shares the foundfamily + wonder thread
69% genome match
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna · 2022
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
78% genome match
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll · 1865
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
74% genome match
The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster · 1961
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
74% genome match
A Boy Called Christmas
Matt Haig · 2001
Shares the wonder + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Swordheart
T. Kingfisher · 2018
Shares the hopeful + foundfamily thread
76% genome match
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune · 2024
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
75% genome match
One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston · 2021
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
70% genome match
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