Books like A town like Alice

A town like Alice by Nevil Shute reads as hopeful, harrowing. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

When Hearts Are Light Again

Emilie Baker Loring · 1943

Shares the history + romance thread

69% genome match

A Bell for Adano

John Hersey

Shares the history + hopeful thread

69% genome match

The bronze horseman

Paullina Simons · 2000

Shares the history + romance thread

69% genome match

Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys · 1999

Shares the history thread

76% genome match

Gone with the Wind

Sidney Coe Howard · 1986

Shares the history + romance thread

69% genome match

Pied Piper

Nevil Shute · 1941

Shares the history thread

76% genome match

Inés del alma mía

Isabel Allende · 2006

Shares the history + romance thread

69% genome match

Heart of the Sea

Nora Roberts · 2000

Shares the hopeful + romance thread

69% genome match

The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier · 1956

Shares the history thread

72% genome match

The Cowboy and the Cossack

Clair Huffaker

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Unity (1918)

Kevin Kerr · 2002

Shares the history + hopeful thread

69% genome match

Ander and Santi Were Here

Jonny Garza Villa · 2023

Shares the hopeful + romance thread

69% genome match