Books like American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang reads as witty, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
New Kid
Jerry Craft · 2019
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
82% genome match
Wonder
R.J. Palacio · 2012
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
83% genome match
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs · 2011
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger · 1951
Shares the outsider + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief
Rick Riordan · 2005
Shares the foundfamily + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Help
Kathryn Stockett · 2009
Shares the justice + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride · 2023
Shares the foundfamily + justice thread
69% genome match
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · 1884
Shares the justice + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin · 2020
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling · 1894
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery · 1908
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
Yellowface
R.F. Kuang · 2023
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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