Books like Angle of Repose

Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner reads as lyrical, introspective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Lacuna

Barbara Kingsolver · 2009

Shares the human + unreliable thread

79% genome match

The Bass Rock

Evie Wyld · 2020

Shares the human + unreliable thread

83% genome match

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

Shares the human + unreliable thread

77% genome match

One of Ours

Willa Cather · 2022

Shares the history thread

83% genome match

World's Fair

E. L. Doctorow · 1985

Shares the human + unreliable thread

79% genome match

The Office of Historical Corrections

Danielle Evans

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Rabbit at Rest

John Updike · 1996

Shares the human + unreliable thread

78% genome match

When We Were Orphans

Kazuo Ishiguro

Shares the human + unreliable thread

72% genome match

The fig tree

Wu, Zhuoliu · 1994

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Delhi

Khushwant Singh · 1983

Shares the human + unreliable thread

72% genome match

The Refugees

Viet Thanh Nguyen

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

War by Candlelight

Daniel Alarcón · 2005

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match