Books like Bent
Bent by Martin Sherman reads as harrowing, tragic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Palace of the End
Judith Thompson · 2007
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69% genome match
Slaughter city
Naomi Wallace · 1996
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69% genome match
How I learned to drive
Paula Vogel · 1997
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69% genome match
An American daughter
Wendy Wasserstein · 1998
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69% genome match
The Normal Heart
Larry Kramer · 1985
Both explore love
83% genome match
Wit
Margaret Edson · 1999
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69% genome match
La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins
Fernando Vallejo · 1994
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71% genome match
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo · 1939
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69% genome match
All the Pretty Horses
Cormac McCarthy · 1992
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69% genome match
'48
James Herbert · 1996
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69% genome match
Witch Child
Celia Rees · 2000
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69% genome match
Rumble Fish
S. E. Hinton · 1975
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69% genome match
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