Books like Bread givers

Bread givers by Anzia Yezierska reads as poignant, determined. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck · 1939

Both explore poverty

54% genome match

The inside of the cup

Winston Churchill · 1913

Same literary feel

54% genome match

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair · 1906

Both explore immigration

50% genome match

Tevye the dairyman and The railroad stories

Sholem Aleichem · 1987

Both explore poverty

67% genome match

Germinal

Émile Zola · 1885

Both explore poverty

48% genome match

Lawn boy

Jonathan Evison · 2018

Both explore american dream

65% genome match

My Ántonia

Willa Cather · 1818

Both explore immigration & american dream

62% genome match

Good people

David Lindsay-Abaire · 2011

Both explore poverty

67% genome match

The octopus, a story of California

Frank Norris · 1901

Same classic feel

48% genome match

Somewhere in the Darkness

Walter Dean Myers · 1992

Both explore poverty

63% genome match

The fortunate pilgrim

Mario Puzo · 1964

Both explore immigration & american dream

64% genome match

My father, Sun-Sun Johnson

C. Everard Palmer · 1974

Both explore poverty

61% genome match