What to Read After The Tale of Despereaux
Readers who loved The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Tale of Despereaux is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Tale of Despereaux
A single shard
The Bad Beginning
Holes
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Princess Academy
The magician's elephant
Ella Enchanted
Because of Winn-Dixie
Hoot
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Peter and the Starcatchers
The Tiger Rising
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
The Mysterious Benedict Society (The Mysterious Benedict Society #1)
Savvy (Savvy #1)
Walk Two Moons
The Penderwicks
The City of Ember (The First Book of Ember)
Shiloh/Newbery Summer
Stargirl
Bridge to Terabithia
The sisters Grimm, book one
Island of the Blue Dolphins
Tuck Everlasting