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Finished The School for Good and Evil? Meet your next match.

You're not looking for just any book. You want that exact whimsical feeling again. We compatibility-checked 12 books and found your matches.

by Soman Chainani

Middle Grade FantasyFairy Tale ❄️ 0/5 WhimsicalFunAdventurous

You just finished The School for Good and Evil and now everything else on your Kindle feels... flat. That whimsical energy? The way Soman Chainani made you feel things you didn't sign up for? Yeah, we get it. That's a book hangover, and the only cure is another book that hits the same way. We didn't just search "books like The School for Good and Evil" and call it a day. We broke down exactly what made this book land — the mood, the tropes, the pacing, the heat — and found books that match on the elements that actually matter.

YOUR MATCHES

12 Books Matched to The School for Good and Evil

Grouped by the elements that made The School for Good and Evil unforgettable.

Your middle grade fantasy matches

97%
Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy cover
Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy
by Melissa de la Cruz
❄️ 0/5 · 272p · Middle Grade Fantasy, Fairy Tale
272 pages of exactly what you're craving right now.
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94%
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James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
❄️ 0/5 · 160p · Children's, Fantasy
Same whimsical energy. Same can't-put-it-down pacing. Different heartbreak. Perfect match.
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91%
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The Sword of Summer
by Rick Riordan
❄️ 0/5 · 499p · Middle Grade Fantasy, Norse Mythology
The Sword of Summer matched on whimsical and fun. That's not a coincidence.
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Matches that share The School for Good and Evil's family energy

89%
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The Sea of Monsters
by Rick Riordan
❄️ 0/5 · 279p · Middle Grade Fantasy, Mythology
Your TBR just found its soulmate.
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86%
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The BFG
by Roald Dahl
❄️ 0/5 · 208p · Children's, Fantasy
The book equivalent of finding someone who also cried at The School for Good and Evil.
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Your #1 Match — We'd swipe right for you

Based on mood alignment, spice compatibility, and trope DNA.

Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy by Melissa de la Cruz — ❄️ 0/5 spice, 272 pages

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BEFORE YOU COMMIT

Quick answers before your next match

Based on mood, trope, and pacing analysis, the most similar books to The School for Good and Evil include Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy, The Sea of Monsters, The BFG. Each matches on specific elements like whimsical and fun that made The School for Good and Evil resonate with readers.

We recommend starting with Never After: The Thirteenth Fairy by Melissa de la Cruz — it shares The School for Good and Evil's core Whimsical energy while bringing something fresh to the table.

The School for Good and Evil is a standalone novel. You can jump right in without reading anything else first.

The School for Good and Evil has a spice level of 0/5. The recommendations on this page range across spice levels — each one is labeled so you can find your comfort zone.

The School for Good and Evil is already a low-spice read (0/5). Most similar books on this page have comparable heat levels.

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