Books like Between Shades of Gray

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys reads as poignant, harrowing. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier · 1956

Shares the escape + history thread

89% genome match

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis · 2000

Shares the escape + history thread

83% genome match

The clay marble

Minfong Ho · 1991

Shares the escape + history thread

79% genome match

Eldens hemlighet

Henning Mankell · 1995

Shares the escape + history thread

79% genome match

Alone on a Wide, Wide Sea

Michael Morpurgo · 2006

Shares the escape + history thread

73% genome match

Good-bye Marianne

Irene N. Watts · 1995

Shares the escape + history thread

70% genome match

Cerita dari Blora

Pramoedya Ananta Toer · 1950

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Daniel's story

Carol Matas · 1993

Shares the escape thread

80% genome match

Amina's blanket

Helen Dunmore · 2000

Shares the escape + history thread

70% genome match

A small free kiss in the dark

Glenda Millard · 2009

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini · 2007

Shares the history + escape thread

69% genome match

The Mountains Sing

Nguyen Phan Que Mai · 2020

Shares the history + escape thread

69% genome match