Books like A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey by Shelagh Delaney reads as gritty, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines · 1968
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73% genome match
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry · 1995
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71% genome match
Good people
David Lindsay-Abaire · 2011
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73% genome match
Juno and the paycock
Sean O'Casey · 1928
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71% genome match
The Help
Kathryn Stockett · 2009
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69% genome match
Ruby
Rosa Guy · 1976
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69% genome match
The Bed and Breakfast Star
Jacqueline Wilson · 1994
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69% genome match
That was then, this is now
S. E. Hinton · 1971
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69% genome match
The Color Purple
Alice Walker · 1982
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69% genome match
Drown
Junot Díaz
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69% genome match
Karoo moose
Lara Foot Newton · 2009
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69% genome match
My father, Sun-Sun Johnson
C. Everard Palmer · 1974
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69% genome match
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