Books like Varjak Paw

Varjak Paw by S. F. Said reads as adventurous, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Outlaw Varjak Paw

S. F. Said · 2005

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

74% genome match

The First

Katherine Applegate · 2019

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

75% genome match

The Pearls of Lutra

Brian Jacques · 1996

Shares the quest thread

72% genome match

Mouse Guard Labyrinth and other Stories

David Petersen · 2012

Shares the foundfamily + quest thread

69% genome match

Rat Life

Tedd Arnold · 2007

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

69% genome match

Guardians of Ga'Hoole

Kathryn Lasky · 1987

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

69% genome match

How to Speak Dragonese

Cressida Cowell · 2005

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

76% genome match

The Girl of Ink & Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave · 2016

Shares the foundfamily + quest thread

72% genome match

The Tin Woodman of Oz

L. Frank Baum · 1918

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

70% genome match

Beetle and the Hollowbones

Aliza Layne · 2020

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

71% genome match

Hurricane Child

Kacen Callender · 2018

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

71% genome match

Flight, Volume Two

Kazu Kibuishi · 2005

Shares the comingofage + quest thread

70% genome match