Fantasy · Similar reads
Books like Stardust
The best books like Stardust are The Alchemist, Homage to Catalonia, and Siddhartha. Stardust by Neil Gaiman is about fairy tale logic, identity and transformation, love and sacrifice. If that's what drew you in, here are 12 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.
- The Alchemist
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Paulo Coelho · Religion & Spirituality
The Alchemist is a Brazilian novel first published in 1988 and translated into 80 languages, making it one of the most translated books in history.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Homage to Catalonia
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George Orwell · Memoir
Homage to Catalonia is George Orwell's firsthand account of fighting in the Spanish Civil War, which he joined in late 1936 as a volunteer with the POUM militia — a Trotskyist revolutionary organization that was later suppressed by the Soviet-backed Stalinist wing of the Republican forces.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Siddhartha
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Hermann Hesse · Religion & Spirituality
Siddhartha is Hermann Hesse's 1922 novel of spiritual seeking, written at a time when Hesse was deeply studying Buddhist and Hindu texts.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Lab Girl
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Hope Jahren · Memoir
Lab Girl is Hope Jahren's memoir of becoming a scientist, told alongside a parallel account of plant biology that is one of the most original structural decisions in recent nonfiction.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - Uprooted
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Naomi Novik · Fantasy
Uprooted is a standalone fantasy novel inspired by Polish folklore.
Shares identity and transformation and coming of age with Stardust.
Read the summary → - A Wizard of Earthsea
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Ursula K. Le Guin · Fantasy
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Both dig into coming of age.
Read the summary → - Neverwhere
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Neil Gaiman · Fantasy
Neverwhere began as a BBC TV series in 1996 and was novelized by Gaiman in the same year.
Both dig into identity and transformation.
Read the summary → - The Eye of the World
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Robert Jordan · Fantasy
The Eye of the World is the opening volume of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, a fourteen-book series that spent more than two decades reshaping the commercial landscape of epic fantasy.
Both dig into coming of age.
Read the summary → - The Midnight Sun
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Stephenie Meyer · Fantasy
Midnight Sun is Stephenie Meyer's retelling of Twilight (2005) from the perspective of Edward Cullen, the vampire who falls in love with Bella Swan in a small Washington town.
Both dig into identity and transformation.
Read the summary → - The Night Circus
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Erin Morgenstern · Fantasy
Le Cirque des Rêves appears overnight, with no announcement — black and white striped tents that smell of caramel and bonfire smoke, open only after dark, filled with impossible things.
Both dig into love and sacrifice.
Read the summary → - Angela's Ashes
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Frank McCourt · Memoir
Angela's Ashes is Frank McCourt's memoir of a catastrophically impoverished Irish Catholic childhood, first in Brooklyn and then in Limerick, during the 1930s and 1940s.
Both dig into coming of age.
Read the summary → - Barbarian Days
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William Finnegan · Memoir
Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of a life spent surfing — from his childhood in Los Angeles and Hawaii through decades of obsessive searching for waves across the Pacific, Asia, Africa, and eventually the cold waters of New York.
Both dig into coming of age.
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Books like Stardust: quick answers
What are the best books like Stardust?
The best books like Stardust by Neil Gaiman are The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with Stardust, such as fairy tale logic, identity and transformation, love and sacrifice.
What should I read after Stardust?
A natural next read after Stardust is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren.
What books are similar to Stardust by Neil Gaiman?
Stardust centers on fairy tale logic, identity and transformation, love and sacrifice. Books with a similar feel include The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, Lab Girl by Hope Jahren, Uprooted by Naomi Novik, A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
