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Briar Rose by Jane Yolen reads as poignant, haunting. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
More Than This
Patrick Ness · 2013
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
In the house in the dark of the woods
Laird Hunt · 2018
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Fragile Things
Neil Gaiman
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
De aanslag
Harry Mulisch · 1982
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
Devastation Road
Jason Hewitt · 2016
Shares the human + unreliable thread
76% genome match
Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski · 2020
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
When the emperor was divine
Julie Otsuka · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Native Guard
Natasha Trethewey · 2007
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Nine-Chambered Heart
Janice Pariat · 2017
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Autobiographie de ma mère
Jamaica Kincaid · 1996
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Door
Margaret Atwood · 2007
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West · 1918
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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