What books are similar to The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell?

The 10 closest matches to The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer on ReadingList include A Tale Dark and Grimm, City of Ghosts, Max and the Midknights, The Lost Heir, and The Season of Styx Malone. Each is scored on shared themes (fairy tales, family, and adventure), shared award lists, genre, and reading level (grades 3–7), and links to the curricula, states, and grades where it is assigned in US schools, with primary sources.

Are books like The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell reading-level appropriate?

Yes — every match is a reading-level match, not just a topical one, scored on Lexile and grade band (grades 3–7), so the picks stay grade-appropriate. See how ReadingList judges text difficulty on the /standard methodology page.

How does ReadingList choose similar books?

Matches are ranked by shared themes, shared award and reading-program lists (two books picked for the same state award were chosen by the same committees for the same readers), same genre, comparable Lexile and grade band, and publication decade — computed from cited public curriculum data, not editorial opinion or AI-generated summaries.

Books like The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell

If you liked The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell, read A Tale Dark and Grimm, City of Ghosts, or Max and the Midknights — the closest matches in our database, matched on shared themes and reading level.

Looking for books like The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer (Fantasy · grades 3–7)? It’s most often read for its themes of fairy tales, family, and adventure. The 10 titles below are the closest matches in the ReadingList database — each scored on shared themes, genre, and reading level, and each linked to the curricula, states, and grades where it’s assigned, with primary sources.

These are reading-level matches, not just topical ones — so the picks stay grade-appropriate for a grades 3–7 reader. See how we judge text difficulty on our methodology page.

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A Tale Dark and Grimmgrades 4–7: Shares themes of fairy tales, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
City of Ghostsgrades 4–7: Shares themes of family, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
Max and the Midknightsgrades 3–6: Shares themes of adventure, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–6). Amazon →
The Lost Heirgrades 3–7: Shares themes of family, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon →
The Season of Styx Malone510L: Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (3–7). Amazon →
Willa of the Woodgrades 4–7: Shares themes of family, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
Amari and the Night Brothersgrades 4–7: Shares themes of family, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →
Boy 2.0grades 4–8: Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (4–8). Amazon →
Dinosaurs Before Dark (Magic Tree House #1)510L: Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (1–4). Amazon →
Fablehavengrades 4–7: Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (4–7). Amazon →

Books like The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell for younger readers (K–2)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps K–2— same scoring, different audience.

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown · 540L — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (1–3).
Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye by Geronimo Stilton · 530L — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (2–5).
I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 by Lauren Tarshis · 590L — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (2–5).
The Forbidden Library by Django Wexler · grades 2–8 — Same genre (Fantasy), overlapping grades (2–8), and the same era (2010s).
The Legend of Rock Paper Scissors by Drew Daywalt · grades 2–8 — Shares themes of adventure and overlapping grades (2–8).

Books like The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell for elementary readers (grades 3–5)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 3–5— same scoring, different audience.

Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown · 540L — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (1–3).
Geronimo Stilton: Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye by Geronimo Stilton · 530L — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (2–5).
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins · grades 4–7 — Shares themes of family, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God by Karla Arenas Valenti · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (3–6).
Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater · Florence Atwater · 910L — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (3–5).

Books like The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell for middle school (grades 6–8)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 6–8— same scoring, different audience.

Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins · grades 4–7 — Shares themes of family, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (4–7).
Legendarios: Wrath of the Rain God by Karla Arenas Valenti · grades 3–6 — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (3–6).
Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy by Angie Thomas · grades 3–7 — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (3–7).
The Sherlock Society by James Ponti · grades 4–8 — Shares themes of family and adventure and overlapping grades (4–8).
The Wishing Spell by Chris Colfer · grades 3–8 — Shares themes of fairy tales, same genre (Fantasy), and overlapping grades (3–8).

Books like The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell for high school & teens (grades 9–12)

Closest matches whose grade range overlaps 9–12— same scoring, different audience.

Drums, Girls & Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick · grades 6–9 — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (6–9).
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds · 720L — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (7–12).
Refugee by Alan Gratz · 800L — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (5–9).
Stuck in Neutral by Terry Trueman · grades 7–10 — Shares themes of family and overlapping grades (7–10).
The False Prince by Jennifer A. Nielsen · grades 5–9 — Shares themes of adventure and overlapping grades (5–9).

What to read after The Land of Stories

The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell is book 1 of 6 in Chris Colfer’s The Land of Stories series. Not done with the series yet? Follow the The Land of Stories reading order first — then come back for the matches above.

Book data last updated 2026-07-07. Matches are computed from each book’s cited attributes — see the methodology.

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