Books like Annie John

Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid reads as nostalgic, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

This One Summer

Mariko Tamaki · 2014

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

73% genome match

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

69% genome match

The Wanderer

Sharon Creech · 2000

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

69% genome match

Hairstyles of the damned

Joe Meno · 2004

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

77% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the comingofage thread

83% genome match

How to breathe underwater

Julie Orringer · 2003

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

75% genome match

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz · 2012

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

69% genome match

When my name was Keoko

Linda Sue Park · 2002

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

69% genome match

Crabbe

William Bell · 1986

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

69% genome match

Good-bye Marianne

Irene N. Watts · 1995

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

69% genome match

Swimming in the Monsoon Sea

Shyam Selvadurai · 2005

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

72% genome match

Chlorine Sky

Mahogany L. Browne · 2021

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

72% genome match