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Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter reads as witty, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Deal
Elle Kennedy · 2015
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
Beach Read
Emily Henry · 2020
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger · 1951
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell · 2013
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Guncle
Steven Rowley · 2021
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Odd Thomas
Dean Koontz · 2003
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
After You
Jojo Moyes · 2015
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
It Had to Be You
Cecily von Ziegesar · 2007
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
Listen for the Lie
Amy Tintera · 2024
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Princess Diaries, Volume VII
Meg Cabot · 2006
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
It's Not Summer Without You
Jenny Han · 2011
Both explore love & grief
59% genome match
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews · 2012
Shares the grief + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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