Read-alikes and related books

Books like My Plain Jane

24 books recommended for fans of My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand, tied together by themes of Mermaids & Mermen, Werewolves & Shifters, Books & Libraries, and Ghost Stories.

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Top related books to My Plain Jane

Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of My Plain Jane.

My Contrary Mary

Cynthia Hand

Themes: Mermaids & Mermen • Werewolves & Shifters • Books & Libraries

Resurrection of the Phoenix’s Grace (Book Four) Phoenix Teen & Young Adult Epic Fantasy with Phoenixes

LRW Lee

Themes: Werewolves & Shifters • Books & Libraries • Monsters

The Princess Diaries, Volume IX: Princess Mia

Meg Cabot

Themes: Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Royalty

The Mislaid Magician Or Ten Years After Being the Private Correspondence Between Two Prominent Families Regarding a Scandal Touching the Highest Levels of Government and the Security of the Realm

Patricia C. Wrede

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Girls & Women

Trace

Pat Cummings

Themes: Books & Libraries • Ghost Stories • Orphans & Foster Homes

The Whitby Witches

Robin Jarvis

Themes: Ghost Stories • Orphans & Foster Homes • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

Under the Light

Laura Whitcomb

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Parents

The River Has Teeth

Erica Waters

Themes: Werewolves & Shifters • Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

Not Even Bones

Rebecca Schaeffer

Themes: Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Parents

#10

The Book of Living Secrets

Madeleine Roux

Themes: Books & Libraries • Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

#11

Mere Mortals

Erin Jade Lange

Themes: Werewolves & Shifters • Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

#12

If I Have to Be Haunted

Miranda Sun

Themes: Ghost Stories • Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

#13

Serpent and Dove

Shelby Mahurin

Themes: Werewolves & Shifters • Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

#14

The Final Descent

William James Henry

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Monsters • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural

#15

The Awakening of Sunshine Girl

Paige McKenzie

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Parents

#16

A Temptation of Angels

Michelle Zink

Themes: Orphans & Foster Homes • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • People & Places

#17

Graveyard Slot #2

Michelle Schusterman

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Marriage & Divorce

#18

The Grand Tour Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from the Intimate Diary of a Noblewoman and the Sworn Testimony of a Lady of Quality, Or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia

Patricia C. Wrede

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Girls & Women

#19

The Haunting of Sunshine Girl Book One

Paige McKenzie

Themes: Ghost Stories • Paranormal, Occult & Supernatural • Parents

#20

The Year of the Baby

Andrea Cheng

Themes: Books & Libraries • Orphans & Foster Homes • Parents

#21

Emily’s Quest

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Themes: Books & Libraries • Orphans & Foster Homes • Girls & Women

#22

Out of Character

Jenna Miller

Themes: Marriage & Divorce • Parents • Romantic Comedy

#23

The Princess Diaries, Volume VIII: Princess on the Brink

Meg Cabot

Themes: Royalty • Romantic Comedy • Girls & Women

#24

Emily Climbs

Lucy Maud Montgomery

Themes: Books & Libraries • Orphans & Foster Homes • Girls & Women

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with My Plain Jane by Cynthia Hand. Connected by Mermaids & Mermen, Werewolves & Shifters, Books & Libraries. Authors featured include Cynthia Hand, LRW Lee, Meg Cabot, Patricia C. Wrede, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.