Fantasy · Similar reads
Books like The Princess Bride
The best books like The Princess Bride are The Alchemist, Stardust, and The Great Gatsby. The Princess Bride by William Goldman is about true love and cynicism, storytelling and artifice, adventure as nostalgia. 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 → - Stardust
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Neil Gaiman · Fantasy
Stardust begins with a simple bargain: young Tristran Thorn promises a girl he fancies that he will bring her a fallen star, and to find it he must cross the wall at the edge of his English village into Faerie.
A kindred fantasy read.
Read the summary → - The Great Gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald · Classics
The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner who moves to Long Island in the summer of 1922 and finds himself adjacent to the fabulous, mysterious parties of his neighbor Jay Gatsby.
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 → - A Darker Shade of Magic
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V.E. Schwab · Fantasy
A Darker Shade of Magic is set across four parallel versions of London — Red, Grey, White, and the long-destroyed Black — each existing in the same location but separated by the barriers between worlds.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - A Game of Thrones
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George R.R. Martin · Fantasy
A Game of Thrones is the first volume of George R.R.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II
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Means of Ascent: The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume II
Robert A. Caro · Biography
Means of Ascent is the second volume of Robert Caro's multi-decade biography of Lyndon Johnson, covering the years between Johnson's defeat in the 1941 Senate race and his stolen victory in the 1948 Democratic primary.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
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Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic
Tom Holland · History
Rubicon tells the story of the Roman Republic's last century — from the Gracchi in the 130s BCE through the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE and the civil wars that followed — with the narrative energy of a thriller and the sourcing of serious scholarship.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - The Lord of the Rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien · Philosophy
The Lord of the Rings is a single novel published in three volumes between 1954 and 1955.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - The Maltese Falcon
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Dashiell Hammett · Mystery
San Francisco private detective Sam Spade is hired by a woman calling herself Miss Wonderly to find her missing sister — a lie within thirty seconds of the novel opening.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - The Pillars of the Earth
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Ken Follett · Historical fiction
The Pillars of the Earth follows the construction of a cathedral in the fictional English town of Kingsbridge across roughly forty years in the twelfth century, set against the real historical chaos of King Stephen's reign — a period of civil war and disputed succession known as The Anarchy.
Both dig into power and corruption.
Read the summary → - A Court of Mist and Fury
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Sarah J. Maas · Fantasy
A Court of Mist and Fury begins where A Court of Thorns and Roses ended: Feyre is back in the Spring Court with Tamlin, but she is not the same person who left.
A kindred fantasy read.
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Books like The Princess Bride: quick answers
What are the best books like The Princess Bride?
The best books like The Princess Bride by William Goldman are The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, plus 7 more below. Each was chosen for themes it shares with The Princess Bride, such as true love and cynicism, storytelling and artifice, adventure as nostalgia.
What should I read after The Princess Bride?
A natural next read after The Princess Bride is The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. A kindred fantasy read. Other strong choices are Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.
What books are similar to The Princess Bride by William Goldman?
The Princess Bride centers on true love and cynicism, storytelling and artifice, adventure as nostalgia. Books with a similar feel include The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Stardust by Neil Gaiman, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse, A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab, A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin — all free to read and chat with on Superbook.
