Read-alikes and related books

Books like Shadow

24 books recommended for fans of Shadow by Erin Hunter, tied together by themes of Survival Stories, Cats, Pets, and Girls & Women.

Survival Stories Cats Pets Girls & Women Fantasy & Magic Humorous Stories Animals Action & Adventure Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to Shadow

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Shadow.

Warriors: a Starless Clan #2: Sky

Erin Hunter

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Pets

Earwig and the Witch Movie Tie-In Edition

Diana Wynne Jones

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Pets

Riders of the Realm #3: Beneath the Weeping Clouds

Jennifer Lynn Alvarez

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

The Secret of Glendunny The Haunting

Kathryn Lasky

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

Even and Odd

Sarah Beth Durst

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

Cats Vs. Robots #2: Now with Fleas!

Margaret Stohl

Themes: Cats • Pets • Girls & Women

A Cat Story

Ursula Murray Husted

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Pets

Da Vinci’s Cat

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Pets

Da Vinci’s Cat A Novel

Catherine Gilbert Murdock

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Pets

#10

Nimbus

Jan Eldredge

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Girls & Women

#11

Cat and Cat Adventures: Journey Into Unibear City A Graphic Novel

Susie Yi

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Pets

#12

Wind Riders #3 Shipwreck in Seal Bay

Jen Marlin

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

#13

The Mythics Marina and the Kraken

Lauren Magaziner

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

#14

The Sheep, the Rooster, and the Duck

Matt Phelan

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

#15

The Secret of Glendunny #2: the Searchers

Kathryn Lasky

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

#16

Tough Boris

Mem Fox

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

#17

Finding Bear

Hannah Gold

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Girls & Women

#18

Adventures of a Cat-Whiskered Girl

Daniel M. Pinkwater

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Fantasy & Magic

#19

Atana and the Firebird

Vivian Zhou

Themes: Survival Stories • Cats • Fantasy & Magic

#20

The Enchanted Forest Chronicles (Boxed Set)

Patricia C. Wrede

Themes: Survival Stories • Girls & Women • Fantasy & Magic

#21

Talking to Dragons

Patricia C. Wrede

Themes: Survival Stories • Girls & Women • Fantasy & Magic

#22

Zinnia’s Zaniness

Lauren Baratz-Logsted

Themes: Cats • Girls & Women • Fantasy & Magic

#23

Bernard Pepperlin

Cara Hoffman

Themes: Survival Stories • Pets • Fantasy & Magic

#24

Zahrah the Windseeker

Nnedi Okorafor

Themes: Survival Stories • Girls & Women • Fantasy & Magic

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Survival Stories, Cats, Pets — the same threads that run through Shadow by Erin Hunter. Among the authors featured: Erin Hunter, Diana Wynne Jones, Jennifer Lynn Alvarez, Kathryn Lasky, and others.