Books like Angela's Ashes

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt reads as bittersweet, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls · 2005

Shares the escape + history thread

83% genome match

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou · 1969

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Having our say

Emily Mann · 1996

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Nigger

Dick Gregory · 1965

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins · 2018

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Born a Crime

Trevor Noah · 2016

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell · 1933

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Hard times

Studs Terkel · 1970

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand · 2010

Shares the history + escape thread

69% genome match

Manchild in the promised land

Claude Brown · 1937

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Down Second Avenue

Es'kia Mphahlele · 1940

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

All souls

Michael Patrick MacDonald · 1999

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match