Read-alikes and related books

Books like The Twelve

Looking for read-alikes for The Twelve by Cindy Lin? These 24 titles overlap in Norse, Arthurian, Pirates, and Diversity & Multicultural and overall literary texture.

Norse Arthurian Pirates Diversity & Multicultural Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical Survival Stories Asian Legends, Myths, Fables Girls & Women Fantasy & Magic Art Animals Action & Adventure Juvenile Fiction

Top related books to The Twelve

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

The Dragon Egg Princess

Ellen Oh

Themes: Arthurian • Diversity & Multicultural • Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical

Knights Vs. the End (of Everything)

Matt Phelan

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Pirates

Treasures of the Twelve

Cindy Lin

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Diversity & Multicultural

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

LRW Lee

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical

Over the Moon: the Novelization

Wendy Wan-Long Shang

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Asian

Trouble Dolls

Jimmy Buffett

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Diversity & Multicultural

Greek Myths

Olivia E. Coolidge

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical

The Pearl Hunter

Miya T. Beck

Themes: Norse • Survival Stories • Asian

The Colt of the Clouds

Kallie George

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical

#10

Cece Rios and the Desert of Souls

Kaela Rivera

Themes: Norse • Survival Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

#11

Spark

Sarah Beth Durst

Themes: Pirates • Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical • Survival Stories

#12

The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers: 5-Book Paperback Box Set

Mary Norton

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Survival Stories

#13

Willow Moss and the Forgotten Tale

Dominique Valente

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Survival Stories

#14

Year of the Cat

Richard Ho

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Asian

#15

Blood Scion

Deborah Falaye

Themes: Arthurian • Diversity & Multicultural • Survival Stories

#16

Sparrows in the Wind

Gail Carson Levine

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Legends, Myths, Fables

#17

The Oddyssey

David Slavin

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Legends, Myths, Fables

#18

Scroll

Hui Li

Themes: Diversity & Multicultural • Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical • Asian

#19

The Samurai’s Tale

Erik Christian Haugaard

Themes: Pirates • Diversity & Multicultural • Survival Stories

#20

The Color of Dragons

R. A. Salvatore

Themes: Arthurian • Survival Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

#21

The Borrowers Afloat

Mary Norton

Themes: Arthurian • Survival Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

#22

The Tiger’s Apprentice

Laurence Yep

Themes: Pirates • Diversity & Multicultural • Girls & Women

#23

The Mythics Marina and the Kraken

Lauren Magaziner

Themes: Dragons, Unicorns & Mythical • Survival Stories • Girls & Women

#24

Muse Squad: The Mystery of the Tenth

Chantel Acevedo

Themes: Norse • Arthurian • Legends, Myths, Fables

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Norse, Arthurian, Pirates — the same threads that run through The Twelve by Cindy Lin. Among the authors featured: Ellen Oh, Matt Phelan, Cindy Lin, LRW Lee, and others.