Books like The Tale of Despereaux
12 books with a reading profile close to The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo. Clear-cut; an easy read.
-
1
The Golden Compass
narrative, literary
Lyra Belacqua lives in an Oxford where every human soul exists outside the body as a shape-shifting animal companion called a daemon.
-
2
Nation
narrative, literary
Mau Valu is returning from a rite of passage when a massive tsunami destroys his island home, leaving him the sole survivor of his people.
-
3
The Graveyard Book
by Neil Gaiman
narrative, literary
After his family is murdered by a man named Jack, a toddler wanders into a nearby cemetery where the resident spirits adopt him.
-
4
The Life Impossible
by Matt Haig
narrative, literary
In 'The Life Impossible,' William is a man adrift, grappling with a profound sense of worthlessness and the lingering impact of past traumas.
-
5
West With Giraffes
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
In 1938, a hurricane strikes the New York harbor, leaving two young giraffes stranded on the docks.
-
6
The Green Mile
by Stephen King
narrative, literary
Set in 1932 at Cold Mountain Penitentiary, the story follows Paul Edgecombe, the block supervisor of E Block, where condemned inmates await the electric chair.
-
7
Gifts
narrative, literary
In the Uplands, the noble lineages possess hereditary magical abilities known as gifts.
-
8
The Teller of Small Fortunes
by Julie Leong
Also clear-cut · narrative, literary
Tao is a young woman who works as a fortune-teller, reading small fortunes at markets, and who has left her past behind.
-
9
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
narrative, literary
In 1930s Paris, a young orphan named Hugo Cabret lives in the hidden maintenance tunnels of a busy train station.
-
10
Harry Potter (series) 1-4
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
Harry Potter, an orphaned boy living with neglectful relatives, discovers on his eleventh birthday that he is a wizard.
-
11
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Also clear-cut · narrative, accessible
In the Protectorate, the Council of Elders leaves a baby in the forest every year as a sacrifice to appease a misunderstood witch.
-
12
Get picks matched to your own reading on papr.
Get papr
