Books like All God's children

All God's children by Fox Butterfield reads as analytical, somber. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Random Family

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc

Both explore crime

62% genome match

Behind the Beautiful Forevers

Katherine Boo

Both explore poverty

65% genome match

Evicted

Matthew Desmond · 2016

Both explore poverty

60% genome match

No Visible Bruises

Rachel Louise Snyder · 2019

Both explore crime

63% genome match

Lost Girls

Robert Kolker · 2013

Both explore crime

61% genome match

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Rebecca Skloot · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Children under Fire

John Woodrow Cox · 2021

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

The corner

David Simon · 1997

Both explore systemic issues

57% genome match

The Orwell reader

George Orwell · 1956

Both explore poverty & social justice

76% genome match

The Holly

Julian Rubinstein · 2021

Both explore systemic issues

59% genome match

La cité de la joie

Dominique Lapierre · 1985

Both explore poverty & social justice

71% genome match

Nine Lives

Dan Baum · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match