Books like Took

Took by Mary Downing Hahn reads as eerie, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Bear and the Nightingale

Katherine Arden · 2017

Both explore folklore & courage

60% genome match

The Spook's Curse

Joseph Delaney · 2005

Both explore folklore & courage

71% genome match

The Wolves in the Walls

Neil Gaiman

Both explore family & fear

73% genome match

Coraline

P. Craig Russell · 2008

Both explore courage & family

83% genome match

When the Sea Turned to Silver

Grace Lin · 2016

Both explore folklore & courage

70% genome match

The Girl Who Drank the Moon

Kelly Barnhill · 2016

Same fantasy feel

83% genome match

The old Willis place

Mary Downing Hahn · 2004

Same ya feel

65% genome match

20th Century Ghosts

Joe Hill

Both explore family

65% genome match

Tamsin

Peter S. Beagle · 1999

Both explore folklore & rural life

66% genome match

Into the Grey

Celine Kiernan · 2011

Both explore family

68% genome match

When you trap a tiger

Tae Keller · 2020

Both explore family

63% genome match

Library of Souls (Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children #3)

Ransom Riggs · 2015

Both explore family

62% genome match