Books like Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram reads as warm, introspective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Loveless

Alice Oseman

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

84% genome match

Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

87% genome match

The View from Saturday

E.L. Konigsburg · 2010

Shares the escape + foundfamily thread

87% genome match

Felix Ever After

Kacen Callender

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

78% genome match

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale · 2005

Shares the escape + foundfamily thread

69% genome match

It's Like This, Cat

Emily Cheney Neville · 1992

Shares the escape + foundfamily thread

83% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

80% genome match

The List of Things That Will Not Change

Rebecca Stead · 2020

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

77% genome match

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

69% genome match

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

Summer Sisters

Judy Blume · 1998

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match