Read-alikes and related books

Books like Maleficent

Across Fairy Tales & Folklore and Media Tie-In — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as Maleficent by Elizabeth Rudnick.

Top related books to Maleficent

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

Neverland’s Key A Pirate Princess’s Last Chance

R. V. Bowman

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Sugar and Spice (Whatever After #10)

Sarah Mlynowski

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Little Prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Darcey Bussell’s World of Magic Ballerina

Darcey Bussell

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Willow Moss and the Lost Day

Dominique Valente

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

Swan Lake Quest for the Kingdoms

Rey Terciero

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

The House with Chicken Legs

Sophie Anderson

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

The School for Good and Evil: Movie Tie-In Edition Now a Netflix Originals Movie

Soman Chainani

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

The School for Good and Evil: the Complete 6-Book Box Set The School for Good and Evil, the School for Good and Evil: a World Without Princes, the School for Good and Evil: the Last Ever After,the School for Good and Evil: Quests for Glory, the School for Good and Evil: a Crystal of Time, the School for Good And

Soman Chainani

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#10

Searching for Dragons The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, Book Two

Patricia C. Wrede

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#11

Willow Moss and the Forgotten Tale

Dominique Valente

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#12

The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Vol. II

Diana Wynne Jones

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#13

Storm

Nicola Skinner

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#14

Lost Legends of Nothing

Alejandra Green

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#15

Sink Or Swim

Sarah Mlynowski

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#16

City of Magic and Monsters

Estelle Laure

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore • Media Tie-In

#17

Halfway to Happily Ever After (the Wish List #3)

Sarah Aronson

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#18

Alliana, Girl of Dragons

Julie Abe

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#19

The Troubled Girls of Dragomir Academy

Anne Ursu

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#20

Wished

Jen Calonita

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#21

Peter Pan

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#22

Twice Upon a Time

James Riley

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#23

Knights Vs. the End (of Everything)

Matt Phelan

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

#24

Rumaysa: A Fairytale

Radiya Hafiza

Themes: Fairy Tales & Folklore

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Maleficent by Elizabeth Rudnick. Connected by Fairy Tales & Folklore, Media Tie-In. Authors featured include R. V. Bowman, Sarah Mlynowski, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Darcey Bussell, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.