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Dawn by Octavia E. Butler reads as unsettling, thought-provoking. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Adulthood Rites
Octavia E. Butler · 1988
Shares the human + vspare thread
72% genome match
Monsters of men
Patrick Ness · 2010
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
The collected stories of Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick · 1987
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang
Kate Wilhelm · 1976
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
Exhalation
Ted Chiang · 2019
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
Ammonite
Nicola Griffith · 1993
Shares the vspare thread
73% genome match
Under the skin
Michel Faber · 2000
Shares the human + vspare thread
72% genome match
Moi qui n'ai pas connu les hommes
Jacqueline Harpman · 1995
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
Johnny Got His Gun
Dalton Trumbo · 1939
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
47
Walter Mosley · 2005
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color
Nisi Shawl · 2019
Shares the human thread
69% genome match
Marge Piercy
Marge Piercy · 1976
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
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