Books like The Princess Bride
If you liked The Princess Bride by William Goldman, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.
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James and the Giant Peach
Because shares tags: classics, fantasy, adventure.
Lonely James escapes two cruel aunts inside a giant peach with huge insect friends, rolling to the sea and floating on gulls to New York…
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The Horse and His Boy
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.
Shasta and Bree flee Calormen to Narnia with Aravis and Hwin.
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The Amber Spyglass
Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, classics.
Lyra and Will cross worlds with amber spyglass to free ghosts and kill Authority.
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Peter Pan
Because shares tags: classics, fantasy, adventure.
Wendy, John and Michael fly to Neverland with Peter, face Hook, and learn what growing up costs.
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Howl's Moving Castle
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.
Cursed old by the Witch of the Waste, hatmaker Sophie Hatter talks her way into wizard Howl's moving castle and bargains with fire demon…
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City of Heavenly Fire
Because shares tags: fantasy, romance, adventure.
Clary and Jace face Sebastian's dark army while Emma and Julian's story begins in Los Angeles.
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The Witches
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.
A boy and his grandmother face the Grand High Witch's plan to turn England's children into mice.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Because shares tags: classics, fantasy, adventure.
Dorothy is carried to Oz by a cyclone and walks the yellow brick road with Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion.
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.
Lewis sends Lucy, Edmund and Eustace aboard Caspian's Dawn Treader to find seven lost lords, past dragon gold, dark dreams and the world's…
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The BFG
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, humor.
Orphan Sophie is taken by the Big Friendly Giant, who blows happy dreams and eats vile snozzcumbers, and helps her stop nine man eating…
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Stardust
Because shares tags: fantasy, adventure, romance.
Tristran Thorn climbs over the wall of Wall to fetch a fallen star and finds Yvaine, witches, and princes hunting her.
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Prince Caspian
Because shares tags: fantasy, classics, adventure.
The Pevensies return to ruins at Cair Paravel and help Caspian take back Narnia from Miraz.
