Books like Children of the Mind
Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card reads as philosophical, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Xenocide
Orson Scott Card · 1991
Both explore ethics & faith
91% genome match
Eva
Peter Dickinson · 1988
Shares the quiet thread
73% genome match
The Sparrow
Mary Doria Russell · 1996
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1974
Shares the quiet thread
70% genome match
2312
Kim Stanley Robinson
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
Earth Abides
George R. Stewart
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
Look to Windward
Iain M. Banks
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 1993
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
Endless Nights
Neil Gaiman · 2003
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
Northern Lights
Philip Pullman · 1995
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
The Buried Giant
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2015
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
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