Books like Careless People

Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams reads as atmospheric, critical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 2006

Same literary feel

56% genome match

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo · 2021

Both explore jazz age

66% genome match

The Swimming-Pool Library

Alan Hollinghurst · 1988

Same literary feel

60% genome match

Martin Dressler

Steven Millhauser · 1997

Same literary feel

60% genome match

Hippopotamus, The

Stephen Fry · 1994

Both explore betrayal

58% genome match

The Secret History

Donna Tartt · 1992

Same literary feel

52% genome match

The Go-Between

L. P. Hartley · 1953

Same literary feel

54% genome match

The Edwardians

Vita Sackville-West · 1930

Same literary feel

55% genome match

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami · 1987

Same literary feel

50% genome match

The Rules of Civility

Amor Towles · 2011

Same literary feel

60% genome match

Soldiers' Pay

William Faulkner · 2013

Same literary feel

55% genome match

The Loved One

Evelyn Waugh · 1948

Both explore decadence

56% genome match