Read-alikes and related books

Books like Chasing Dreams

If you loved Chasing Dreams by Maggie Dana, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Horses and Animals.

Horses Animals Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Chasing Dreams

Titles selected for shared themes, overlapping readership, and similar literary appeal.

Riding for the Stars

Maggie Dana

Themes: Horses • Animals

Knights Vs. Monsters

Matt Phelan

Themes: Horses • Animals

The Guardian Herd: Landfall

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Themes: Horses • Animals

Junia, the Book Mule of Troublesome Creek

Kim Michele Richardson

Themes: Horses • Animals

The Donkey That Never Brayed A Rusty’s Reading Remuda Tale

Mary Fichtner

Themes: Horses • Animals

Phantom Stallion: Wild Horse Island #7: Mistwalker

Terri Farley

Themes: Horses • Animals

Close Quarters

Lauraine Snelling

Themes: Horses • Animals

Perfect Harmony

Michele Scott

Themes: Horses • Animals

Princess Ponies 2: A Dream Come True

Chloe Ryder

Themes: Horses • Animals

#10

The Rider’s Reign

Jessica Day George

Themes: Horses • Animals

#11

Magic Ponies a Twinkle of Hooves

Sue Bentley

Themes: Horses • Animals

#12

We Go in a Circle

Peggy Perry Anderson

Themes: Horses • Animals

#13

The Black Stallion’s Blood Bay Colt (Reissue)

Walter Farley

Themes: Horses • Animals

#14

My Secret Unicorn Keeper of Magic

Linda Chapman

Themes: Horses • Animals

#15

Pony Scouts: Runaway Ponies!

Catherine Hapka

Themes: Horses • Animals

#16

My Little Pony Pony Party. vowel sounds

Joanne Mattern

Themes: Horses • Animals

#17

A Horse Called Now

Ruth Doyle

Themes: Horses • Animals

#18

Diary of a Horse Mad Girl Pony Pals – Book 3 – A Horse Book for Girls Aged 9 &#8211

Katrina Kahler

Themes: Horses • Animals

#19

Blaze Shows the Way

C.W. Anderson

Themes: Horses • Animals

#20

Unicorn Day

Diana Murray

Themes: Horses • Animals

#21

Ghetto Cowboy (the inspiration for Concrete Cowboy)

G. Neri

Themes: Horses • Animals

#22

Uni the Unicorn Step Into Reading Boxed Set Uni Brings Spring; Uni’s First Sleepover; Uni Goes to School; Uni Bakes a Cake; Uni and the Perfect Present

Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Themes: Horses • Animals

#23

Horse Diaries #11: Jingle Bells (Horse Diaries Special Edition)

Catherine Hapka

Themes: Horses • Animals

#24

The Black Stallion and the Girl

Walter Farley

Themes: Horses • Animals

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Horses, Animals — the same threads that run through Chasing Dreams by Maggie Dana. Among the authors featured: Maggie Dana, Matt Phelan, Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, Kim Michele Richardson, and others.