Books like Anansi Boys

Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman reads as witty, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Bone Gap

Laura Ruby · 2015

Shares the human + unreliable thread

79% genome match

A Winter's Promise

Christelle Dabos

Shares the human + unreliable thread

77% genome match

Vampires in the Lemon Grove

Karen Russell

Shares the human + unreliable thread

78% genome match

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina García · 1992

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Astonishing Color of After

Emily X.R. Pan

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The People of Paper

Salvador Plascencia · 2005

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Ocean at the End of the Lane

Neil Gaiman · 2013

Shares the unreliable + human thread

69% genome match

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende · 1987

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Wonders of the Invisible World

Christopher Barzak · 2015

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Radiance

Catherynne M. Valente · 2001

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The devil's arithmetic

Jane Yolen · 1988

Shares the human + unreliable thread

74% genome match

Get in Trouble

Kelly Link

Shares the human + unreliable thread

76% genome match