Books like Among Others

Among Others by Jo Walton reads as introspective, lyrical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

69% genome match

Dicey's Song

Cynthia Voigt · 2002

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

82% genome match

Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb · 1995

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Year of the Griffin

Diana Wynne Jones · 2000

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss · 2007

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

77% genome match

Wintersmith

Terry Pratchett

Shares the comingofage thread

76% genome match

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale · 2005

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

J.K. Rowling · 2005

Shares the comingofage thread

71% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

74% genome match

World's Fair

E. L. Doctorow · 1985

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

76% genome match