Read-alikes and related books

Books like Yellowcake Stories

If you loved Yellowcake Stories by Margo Lanagan, this shelf of 24 books shares the same pull — rooted in Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies, Adaptations, Short Stories, and Legends, Myths, Fables.

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Top related books to Yellowcake Stories

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

Stars Above: A Lunar Chronicles Collection

Marissa Meyer

Themes: Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies • Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables

Greek Myths

Olivia E. Coolidge

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

Cloaked in Red

Vivian Vande Velde

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings

Ellen Oh

Themes: Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Faeries Never Lie Tales to Revel In

Nafiza Azad

Themes: Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies • Short Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Coyote Road Trickster Tales — Ellen Datlow

ELLEN. DATLOW

Themes: Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies • Short Stories • Fairy Tales & Folklore

Pretty Salma A Little Red Riding Hood Story from Africa

Niki Daly

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

The Hazel Wood A Novel

Melissa Albert

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

The Seafarer’s Kiss

Julia Ember

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#10

The Color of Dragons

R. A. Salvatore

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#11

Slay A Freya Novel

Matthew Laurence

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#12

Tink and Wendy

Kelly Ann Jacobson

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#13

A Treasury of Tales for Four-Year-Olds 40 Stories Recommended by Literacy Experts

Gabby Dawnay

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

#14

Dreams Lie Beneath

Rebecca Ross

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#15

Sword of the Rightful King A Novel of King Arthur

Jane Yolen

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#16

Beauty’s Daughter The Story of Hermione and Helen of Troy

Assistant Professor Department of Professional Communication Carolyn Meyer

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#17

Never Never

Brianna Shrum

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#18

Daughter of Sparta

Claire M. Andrews

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#19

A Treasury of Children’s Literature

Armand Eisen

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

#20

Black Horses for the King

Anne McCaffrey

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#21

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

LRW Lee

Themes: Adaptations • Legends, Myths, Fables • Fairy Tales & Folklore

#22

Freya

Christopher E. Long

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

#23

Hombre Que No Sabía Mentir

Joe Hayes

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

#24

Gypsy Folktales

Diane Tong

Themes: Adaptations • Short Stories • Legends, Myths, Fables

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Yellowcake Stories by Margo Lanagan. Connected by Short Stories, Collections & Anthologies, Adaptations, Short Stories. Authors featured include Marissa Meyer, Olivia E. Coolidge, Vivian Vande Velde, Ellen Oh, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.