Books like De aanslag
De aanslag by Harry Mulisch reads as reflective, somber. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Return of the Soldier
Rebecca West · 1918
Shares the human + unreliable thread
76% genome match
When the emperor was divine
Julie Otsuka · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
74% genome match
Native Guard
Natasha Trethewey · 2007
Shares the human + unreliable thread
74% genome match
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje · 1992
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
All That's Left to You
Ghassan Kanafani · 1990
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
On the Bus with Rosa Parks
Rita Dove · 1999
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
War by Candlelight
Daniel Alarcón · 2005
Shares the human + unreliable thread
71% genome match
Life
Mal Peet · 2011
Shares the human + unreliable thread
71% genome match
Anatomy of a soldier
Harry Parker · 2016
Shares the human + unreliable thread
72% genome match
Open city
Teju Cole · 2011
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Briar Rose
Jane Yolen · 1992
Shares the human + unreliable thread
76% genome match
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