Read-alikes and related books

Books like Magic Mess!

What to read after Magic Mess! by Margaret Ryan: 24 titles sharing themes of Legends, Myths, Fables and Fairy Tales & Folklore, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

Top related books to Magic Mess!

Handpicked for thematic and literary overlap — the best shelf companions to Magic Mess!.

The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde The Complete Collection Including The Happy Prince and The Selfish Giant

Oscar Wilde

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Velveteen Rabbit Hardcover The Classic Edition by The New York Times Bestselling Illustrator, Charles Santore

Margery Williams Bianco

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Tides

Betsy Cornwell

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Big Bad Detective Agency

Bruce Hale

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

One True King

Soman Chainani

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Winged Cat

Deborah Nourse Lattimore

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Natalie Locke & the Shapeshifter

Leah Leonard

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Princess Joy

JOYMEKA L. T. MATTEOS

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

How the Sea Became Salty

Sudha Murty

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#10

The House at Pooh Corner The Classic Edition (Winnie the Pooh Book #2)

A. A. Milne

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#11

Aesop’s Fables for Little Children

Susanna Davidson

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#12

Starboard

Nicola Skinner

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#13

Sleeping Beauty and Other Classic French Fairy Tales

Charles Perrault

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#14

The Fairytale Hairdresser and the Princess and the Frog

Abie Longstaff

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#15

Freya

Christopher E. Long

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#16

The Dancing Turtle A Folktale from Brazil

Pleasant DeSpain

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#17

Winnie the Pooh The Classic Edition

A. A. Milne

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#18

Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy

Melissa de la Cruz

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#19

The Great Race Story of the Chinese Zodiac (Traditional Chinese, English, Pinyin)

Ling Lee

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#20

The Classic Collection of Fairy Tales & Poems Best-loved Poetry and Prose from the Great Writers, Including Hans Christian Andersen, John Keats, Lewis Carroll, the Brothers Grimm and Walt Whitman

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#21

Reading Champion: Little Red Riding Hood

Jackie Walter

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#22

Why the Sea is Salt

Vivian French

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#23

The Baker’s Dozen A Saint Nicholas Tale, with Bonus Cookie Recipe and Pattern for St. Nicholas Christmas Cookies (15th Anniversary Edition)

Aaron Shepard

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#24

Blind Fairy Zahra of the Uwharries

Micki Bare

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Legends, Myths, Fables, Fairy Tales & Folklore — the same threads that run through Magic Mess! by Margaret Ryan. Among the authors featured: Oscar Wilde, Margery Williams Bianco, Betsy Cornwell, Bruce Hale, and others.