Books like…

Books Like The Princess Bride

by William Goldman · about this book

Loved The Princess Bride by William Goldman? If its adventure, frame story and funny hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Searching for Dragons, Dreadful and Swordheart. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside The Princess Bride: Adventure · Frame Story · Funny · Fantasy · Witty Banter

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   Searching for Dragons

   Patricia C. Wrede

   Parody · Charming · Princes and Princesses · Lighthearted · Whimsical

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   Dreadful

   Caitlin Rozakis

   Parody · Castle · Lighthearted · Absurdist Humor · Charming

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   Swordheart

   T. Kingfisher

   Dialogue-Heavy · Charming · Lighthearted · Dry Humor · Witty Banter

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4. 

   Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

   LEWIS CARROLL

   Parody · Charming · Lighthearted · Whimsical · Satire

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5. 

   This Will Be Fun

   E.B. Asher

   Parody · Lighthearted · Funny · Witty Banter · Adventure

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6. 

   Assistant to the Villain

   Hannah Nicole Maehrer

   Parody · Lighthearted · Charming · Whimsical · Witty Banter

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7. 

   A Most Agreeable Murder

   Julia Seales

   Parody · Lighthearted · Charming · Absurdist Humor · Funny

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8. 

   Emily Wilde Series 2 Books Collection Set By Heather Fawcett (Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries & Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands)

   Heather Fawcett

   Dry Humor · Charming · Whimsical · Witty Banter · Princes and Princesses

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9. 

   The Three Musketeers

   Alexandre Dumas

   Swashbuckling Adventure · Revenge Plot · Classics · Adventure · Witty Banter

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10. 

    Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

    J. K. Rowling

    Castle · Whimsical · Charming · Classics · Lighthearted

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11. 

    Starter Villain

    John Scalzi

    Satire · Lighthearted · Dialogue-Heavy · Absurdist Humor · Funny

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12. 

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen

    Dry Humor · Charming · Dialogue-Heavy · Satire · Witty Banter

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13. 

    Magyk

    Angie Sage

    Whimsical · Castle · Princes and Princesses · Lighthearted · Adventure

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14. 

    The Hitch Hiker's guide to the galaxy

    Douglas Adams

    Satire · Whimsical · Dry Humor · Classics · Charming

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15. 

    The House Witch

    Delemhach

    Castle · Lighthearted · Charming · Witty Banter · Whimsical

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16. 

    The Phantom Tollbooth

    Norton Juster

    Charming · Classics · Whimsical · Funny · Witty Banter

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17. 

    Tress of the Emerald Sea

    Brandon Sanderson

    Charming · Whimsical · Adventure · Funny · Witty Banter

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18. 

    Howl's Moving Castle

    Diana Wynne Jones

    Charming · Classics · Whimsical · Witty Banter · Funny

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19. 

    The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion

    Beth Brower

    Charming · Whimsical · Dry Humor · Lighthearted · Funny

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20. 

    Carl's Doomsday Scenario

    Matt Dinniman

    Satire · Dialogue-Heavy · Funny · Absurdist Humor · Adventure

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