Books like Boy of the pyramids

Boy of the pyramids by Ruth Fosdick Jones reads as adventurous, earnest. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The golden goblet

Eloise Jarvis McGraw · 1961

Both explore ancient egypt & mystery

83% genome match

That was then, this is now

S. E. Hinton · 1971

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

The Cay

Theodore Taylor · 1969

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale · 2005

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

The kite fighters

Linda Sue Park · 2000

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

73% genome match

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt · 2007

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

70% genome match

The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

Jenny Han · 2009

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Mary Anne Saves the Day

Ann M. Martin · 1987

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Flora & Ulysses

Kate DiCamillo · 2013

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

69% genome match

The Eagle of the Ninth. 1400 Grundwörter.

Rosemary Sutcliff · 1954

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Mark Haddon · 2003

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match