Books like Cracks
Cracks by Sheila Kohler reads as unsettling, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Virgin Suicides (Bloomsbury Classic)
Jeffrey Eugenides · 1993
Both explore adolescence & memory
70% genome match
The torn skirt
Rebecca Godfrey · 2001
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Ghost Wall
Sarah Moss · 2018
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Mary Reilly
Valerie Martin · 1990
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Loney
Andrew Michael Hurley · 2014
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Water Cure
Sophie Mackintosh · 2018
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
In the house in the dark of the woods
Laird Hunt · 2018
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The door
Magda Szabó · 1994
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Diving Pool
小川洋子 · 2008
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
Miles Hyman · 2016
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Den ärliga bedragaren
Tove Jansson · 1982
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Cormorant
Stephen Gregory · 1986
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
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