Books Like The Witches

Loved The Witches by Roald Dahl? If its witches & witchcraft, classics and middle grade hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with The Phantom Tollbooth, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 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 Witches: Witches & Witchcraft · Classics · Middle Grade · Fantasy · Children's

The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster

Middle Grade · Talking Animals · Classics · Children's · Whimsical

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Lyman Frank Baum

Children's · Talking Animals · Middle Grade · Classics · Witches & Witchcraft

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis

Middle Grade · Talking Animals · Classics · Children's · Whimsical

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Talking to Dragons
Patricia C. Wrede

Middle Grade · Whimsical · Witches & Witchcraft · Talking Animals · First Person Narrator

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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney

Child Narrator · Middle Grade · Children's · Whimsical · First Person Narrator

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
LEWIS CARROLL

Children's · Talking Animals · Classics · Middle Grade · Whimsical

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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Shel Silverstein

Children's · Classics · Middle Grade · Whimsical · Talking Animals

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Peter Pan
J. M. Barrie

Children's · Middle Grade · Classics · Whimsical · Kids in Danger

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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling

Middle Grade · Witches & Witchcraft · Classics · Whimsical · Male Lead

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The Neverending Story
Michael Ende

Middle Grade · Classics · Talking Animals · Whimsical · Male Lead

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Magyk
Angie Sage

Middle Grade · Witches & Witchcraft · Whimsical · Kids in Danger · Talking Animals

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The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Children's · Classics · Whimsical · Middle Grade · First Person Narrator

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The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill

Middle Grade · Witches & Witchcraft · Whimsical · Kids in Danger · Fantasy

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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Robert C O'Brien

Middle Grade · Classics · Kids in Danger · Talking Animals · Children's

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Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones

Witches & Witchcraft · Classics · Whimsical · Middle Grade · Funny

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The Wild Robot
Peter Brown

Talking Animals · Middle Grade · Children's · Whimsical · Illustrated Book

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Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell

Middle Grade · Whimsical · Talking Animals · Kids in Danger · Fantasy

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The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan

Middle Grade · Kids in Danger · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Fantasy

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain

Child Narrator · Classics · First Person Narrator · Male Lead · Funny

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The Butcher's Masquerade
Matt Dinniman

Talking Animals · Dark Comedy · Funny · First Person Narrator · Fantasy

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