Books like A single man
A single man by Christopher Isherwood reads as melancholic, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski · 2020
Shares the vspare thread
71% genome match
The Master
Colm Tóibín · 2004
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72% genome match
My policeman
Bethan Roberts · 2012
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Garden Party and other stories
Katherine Mansfield · 1922
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69% genome match
The Awakening
Kate Chopin · 1899
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West · 1918
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Cleanness
Garth Greenwell · 2020
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Collected Short Stories
Jean Rhys · 1987
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Home
Toni Morrison · 2012
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Crucial conversations
May Sarton · 1975
Shares the vspare thread
70% genome match
The Eye in the Door
Pat Barker · 1993
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Dream Boy
Jim Grimsley · 1995
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
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