Books like A Stolen Life

A Stolen Life by Jaycee Lee Dugard reads as somber, raw. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A House in the Sky

Amanda Lindhout · 2013

Both explore captivity & survival

78% genome match

Abducted

Ann Andrews · 1998

Both explore survival & trauma

72% genome match

A child called "it"

David J. Pelzer · 1987

Both explore survival & resilience

74% genome match

What My Bones Know

Stephanie Foo · 2022

Both explore trauma & resilience

75% genome match

The bite of the mango

Mariatu Kamara · 2008

Both explore survival & trauma

75% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Both explore survival & trauma

72% genome match

Surviving the angel of death

Eva Mozes Kor · 2009

Both explore survival & trauma

75% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

Both explore survival & resilience

71% genome match

Little girl lost

Drew Barrymore · 1990

Both explore recovery

71% genome match

Girls like us

Rachel Lloyd · 2011

Both explore survival & resilience

74% genome match

When heaven and earth changed places

Le Ly Hayslip · 1989

Both explore survival & trauma

72% genome match

When rabbit howls

Truddi Chase · 1987

Both explore trauma & survival

70% genome match