Read-alikes and related books

Books like Habibi

Across Historical Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Religious, and Comics & Graphic Novels — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Habibi by Craig Thompson.

Top related books to Habibi

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Kill the Minotaur

Chris Pasetto

Themes: Historical Fiction • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Comics & Graphic Novels

Red Power A Graphic Novel

Brian Wright-McLeod

Themes: Historical Fiction • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Comics & Graphic Novels

Witchcraft: A Graphic History Stories of Wise Women, Healers and Magic

Lindsay Squire

Themes: Historical Fiction • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Comics & Graphic Novels

Vinland Saga Deluxe 1

Makoto Yukimura

Themes: Historical Fiction • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Comics & Graphic Novels

The Stranger in the Lifeboat A Novel

Mitch Albom

Themes: Historical Fiction • Religious • Comics & Graphic Novels

Saut an Bluid A Scots Saga — Donald Smith

DONALD. SMITH

Themes: Historical Fiction • Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology

Dominion: Fall of the House of Saul Volume 1

Barron Bell

Themes: Historical Fiction • Religious • Comics & Graphic Novels

The Juggler of Our Lady The Classic Christmas Story

R. O. Blechman

Themes: Historical Fiction • Religious • Comics & Graphic Novels

The Tale of Three Trees A Traditional Folktale

Angela Elwell Hunt

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#10

Lily’s Hong Kong Honey Cake

Erica Lyons

Themes: Historical Fiction • Religious

#11

Incantation

Alice Hoffman

Themes: Historical Fiction • Religious

#12

Cinder Allia

Karen Ullo

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#13

The Scary Book of Christmas Lore 50 Terrifying Yuletide Tales from Around the World

Tim Rayborn

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#14

Buffalo Flats

Martine Leavitt

Themes: Historical Fiction • Religious

#15

Marry Me by Midnight

Felicia Grossman

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#16

Lord, I Am Not Worthy

E. M. Lewis

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#17

The Blood Years

Elana K. Arnold

Themes: Historical Fiction • Religious

#18

The Seven Good Years And Other Stories of I. L. Peretz

I. L. Peretz

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#19

Lilith A Romance

George MacDonald

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#20

Phantastes

George MacDonald

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#21

The Homeric Hymns

Jules Cashford

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#22

The War of the Saints

Jorge Amado

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#23

Alex O’Donnell and the 40 CyberThieves A Fairy Tale Retold

Regina Doman

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

#24

Gilgath and the Realm of the Drake Book 1 of the With Us Collection

John Thompson

Themes: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology • Religious

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Historical Fiction, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Religious — the same threads that run through Habibi by Craig Thompson. Among the authors featured: Chris Pasetto, Brian Wright-McLeod, Lindsay Squire, Makoto Yukimura, and others.