Books like The Magic World

The Magic World by Edith Nesbit reads as whimsical, enchanting. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Mary Poppins in the Park

Pamela L. Travers · 1934

Shares the wonder thread

90% genome match

The folk of the Faraway Tree

Enid Blyton · 1946

Shares the wonder thread

85% genome match

The Unicorn Treasury

Bruce Coville · 1988

Shares the wonder thread

85% genome match

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1908

Shares the wonder thread

73% genome match

My neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki · 1992

Shares the wonder thread

74% genome match

The World's Best Fairy Tales

Reader's Digest Association · 1967

Shares the wonder thread

86% genome match

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

C.S. Lewis · 1950

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The little bookroom

Eleanor Farjeon · 1955

Shares the wonder thread

84% genome match

The Book of Dragons

Edith Nesbit · 1973

Both explore magic & childhood

79% genome match

White Horse of Zennor

Michael Morpurgo · 1982

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match

The missing golden ticket and other splendiferous secrets

Roald Dahl · 2010

Both explore imagination & adventure

81% genome match

The Phantom Tollbooth

Norton Juster · 1961

Shares the wonder thread

69% genome match