Books like Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz reads as warm, lyrical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Loveless

Alice Oseman

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

84% genome match

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

85% genome match

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

83% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the comingofage + hopeful thread

75% genome match

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz · 2012

Shares the comingofage + foundfamily thread

70% genome match

The View from Saturday

E.L. Konigsburg · 2010

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

80% genome match

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Shares the comingofage thread

77% genome match

After Tupac and D Foster

Jacqueline Woodson · 2008

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

69% genome match

A List of Cages

Robin Roe

Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread

77% genome match

It's Like This, Cat

Emily Cheney Neville · 1992

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

76% genome match

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale · 2005

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Reivers

William Faulkner

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

69% genome match