Books like Coraline
Coraline by Neil Gaiman reads as dark, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman · 2013
Shares the unreliable + wonder thread
83% genome match
The Cormorant
Stephen Gregory · 1986
Shares the unreliable + wonder thread
69% genome match
The Thief of Always
Clive Barker · 1992
Shares the unreliable + vhypno thread
69% genome match
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson · 1962
Shares the unreliable + wonder thread
69% genome match
Bunny
Mona Awad · 2019
Shares the unreliable + wonder thread
69% genome match
Duma Key
Stephen King · 2008
Shares the unreliable + wonder thread
69% genome match
The houseguest and other stories
Amparo Dávila · 2018
Shares the unreliable + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
Aimee Bender · 2010
Shares the unreliable + wonder thread
69% genome match
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami · 1994
Shares the unreliable + wonder thread
69% genome match
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury · 1962
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
In the house in the dark of the woods
Laird Hunt · 2018
Shares the unreliable + vspare thread
69% genome match
Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer · 2014
Shares the wonder + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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