Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Jungle Book

If you loved The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Jungle Animals, Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc, Bears, and Asian.

Jungle Animals Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc Bears Asian Legends, Myths, Fables Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance Asia Science & Nature Media Tie-In Friendship Classics Social Themes Animals Historical Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to The Jungle Book

A handpicked shelf of strong matches chosen for shared themes, literary overlap, and a broader spread of voices.

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

A. A. Milne

Themes: Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc • Bears • Asian

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

C. S. Lewis

Themes: Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc • Legends, Myths, Fables • Media Tie-In

十二生肖故事系列龙年的故事

Oliver Chin

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Asia

The Girl of Ink & Stars

Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Science & Nature

Tides

Betsy Cornwell

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Science & Nature

Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

Joanna Ho

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Scroll

Hui Li

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Asia

The Explorer

Katherine Rundell

Themes: Jungle Animals • Science & Nature • Friendship

The Magic of Friendship

Subhash Kommuru

Themes: Jungle Animals • Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables

#10

The Monkey King A Superhero Tale of China, Retold from The Journey to the West

Aaron Shepard

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Asia

#11

Aya and the Star Chaser

Radiya Hafiza

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Asia

#12

Long Goes to Dragon School

Helen H. Wu

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#13

Eyes that Speak to the Stars

Joanna Ho

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

#14

World Burn Down

Steve Cole

Themes: Jungle Animals • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Science & Nature

#15

Wildoak

C. C. Harrington

Themes: Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Science & Nature

#16

Henry Climbs a Mountain

D. B. Johnson

Themes: Bears • Science & Nature • Friendship

#17

Island of the Ghost Bear

B. J. Johnson

Themes: Bears • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Science & Nature

#18

You Can Do It, Sam

Amy Hest

Themes: Bears • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Science & Nature

#19

Heroes of the Water Monster

Brian Young

Themes: Legends, Myths, Fables • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Science & Nature

#20

Avatar: the Last Airbender: Heart of a Hero

Kat Zhang

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Media Tie-In

#21

Birth of the Monkey King — Wu Cheng’en

Wu Cheng'en

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Asia

#22

Lin Yi’s Lantern

Brenda Williams

Themes: Asian • Legends, Myths, Fables • Asia

#23

How to be a Lion

Ed Vere

Themes: Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship

#24

Dandelion

Don Freeman

Themes: Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Friendship

If The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling is on your shelf, these 24 titles belong there too. Connected by Jungle Animals, Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc, Bears and selected for literary and thematic overlap. Featuring work by A. A. Milne, C. S. Lewis, Oliver Chin, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, and others.