Books like Conversations with Friends

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney reads as intimate, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Normal People

Sally Rooney · 2018

Shares the escape + quiet thread

89% genome match

The Nine-Chambered Heart

Janice Pariat · 2017

Shares the unreliable + quiet thread

86% genome match

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

Shares the unreliable + escape thread

69% genome match

Dear Life

Alice Munro

Shares the unreliable + escape thread

69% genome match

Ancient Lineage and Other Stories

Morley Callaghan · 2012

Shares the unreliable + escape thread

75% genome match

My Name Is Lucy Barton

Elizabeth Strout · 2016

Shares the quiet + escape thread

69% genome match

The Remains of the Day

Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989

Shares the quiet + escape thread

77% genome match

Mothers and Sons

Colm Toibin · 2007

Shares the unreliable + quiet thread

69% genome match

Heartbreak Soup

Gilbert Hernandez · 1987

Shares the unreliable + quiet thread

78% genome match

A Sport and a Pastime

James Salter · 2002

Shares the unreliable + quiet thread

79% genome match

The Lover's Dictionary

David Levithan · 2010

Shares the unreliable + vspare thread

74% genome match

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski · 2020

Shares the unreliable + quiet thread

73% genome match