Books like Call It What You Want

Call It What You Want by Alissa DeRogatis reads as heartfelt, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

My life with the Walter boys

Ali Novak · 2014

Both explore first love & coming-of-age

88% genome match

The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy

Jenny Han · 2009

Both explore first love & coming-of-age

79% genome match

Love from A to Z

S. K. Ali · 2019

Both explore first love & self-discovery

78% genome match

Love and Gelato

Jenna Evans Welch · 2016

Both explore self-discovery & first love

78% genome match

If He Had Been with Me

Laura Nowlin · 2013

Both explore first love & friendship

75% genome match

Anna and the French Kiss

Stephanie Perkins

Both explore friendship & identity

74% genome match

The Kissing Booth

Beth Reekles · 2012

Both explore first love & friendship

74% genome match

That Summer

Sarah Dessen · 1996

Both explore first love & self-discovery

75% genome match

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

Both explore identity & coming-of-age

73% genome match

The Summer of Broken Rules

K. L. Walther · 2021

Both explore self-discovery

69% genome match

The Princess Diaries

Meg Cabot · 2000

Both explore identity & coming-of-age

69% genome match

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz · 2012

Both explore identity & friendship

84% genome match