Books like Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen #1)

Cheaper by the Dozen (Cheaper by the Dozen #1) by Frank B. Gilbreth, Jr. reads as humorous, nostalgic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The grass is always greener over the septic tank

Erma Bombeck · 1976

Same memoir feel

54% genome match

A Christmas Story

Jean Shepherd · 1983

Both explore childhood

64% genome match

The plague and I.

Betty MacDonald · 1948

Both explore humor

61% genome match

The compleat I hate to cook book

Peg Bracken · 1986

Both explore humor & efficiency

61% genome match

My Life and Hard Times (Rep)

James Thurber · 1933

Both explore childhood & family life

71% genome match

Owls in the Family

Farley Mowat · 1961

Both explore childhood

66% genome match

It Came From Ohio! - My Life As a Writer

Robert Lawrence Stine · 1997

Both explore childhood & humor

67% genome match

My Family and other Animals

Gerald Malcolm Durrell · 1956

Both explore childhood

64% genome match

Life with father

Clarence Day · 1935

Both explore humor

83% genome match

Funny in Farsi

Firoozeh Dumas · 2003

Both explore humor

64% genome match

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life

Roald Dahl · 1989

Both explore childhood

66% genome match

As you wish

Cary Elwes · 2014

Same memoir feel

63% genome match