Books like City of Girls

City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert reads as immersive, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Lincoln Highway

Amor Towles · 2021

Both explore coming-of-age

65% genome match

Dominicana

Angie Cruz · 2020

Both explore identity & love

80% genome match

The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides · 2011

Both explore love & coming-of-age

72% genome match

I'll Give You the Sun

Jandy Nelson

Both explore art & identity

69% genome match

All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy · 1992

Both explore coming-of-age & identity

68% genome match

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Both explore love & identity

65% genome match

Still Life

Sarah Winman · 2021

Both explore art & love

66% genome match

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Both explore identity & art

65% genome match

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Gabrielle Zevin · 2022

Both explore friendship & art

64% genome match

Anna and the French Kiss

Stephanie Perkins

Both explore love & friendship

64% genome match

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

Both explore coming-of-age & friendship

65% genome match

Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

Both explore friendship & identity

65% genome match