Books like The Pink Motel

The Pink Motel by Carol Ryrie Brink reads as charming, innocent. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

Shares the foundfamily thread

69% genome match

Kristy's Great Idea

Ann M. Martin · 1986

Shares the foundfamily thread

69% genome match

Cricket in Times Square

George Selden · 1960

Shares the foundfamily thread

69% genome match

Henry and the Paper Route

Beverly Cleary · 1957

Shares the foundfamily thread

69% genome match

Centerburg tales

Robert McCloskey · 1951

Both explore small town life & community

78% genome match

The Railway Children

E. Nesbit

Shares the foundfamily thread

69% genome match

The Magic of the Lost Temple

Sudha Murti · 2015

Shares the foundfamily thread

71% genome match

Christmas with Anne

Lucy Maud Montgomery · 1995

Shares the foundfamily thread

72% genome match

More Adventures of the Great Brain

John Dennis Fitzgerald · 1985

Both explore family & small town life

73% genome match

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

Fannie Flagg · 1987

Shares the foundfamily thread

69% genome match

Schoolhouse Mystery

Gertrude Chandler Warner · 1965

Shares the foundfamily thread

72% genome match

The Family Comes On

Kathy Harris · 1982

Shares the foundfamily thread

69% genome match