Books like De avond is ongemak

De avond is ongemak by Marieke Lucas Rijneveld reads as bleak, disturbing. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara · 2015

Both explore trauma & grief

83% genome match

The Great Believers

Rebecca Makkai · 2018

Both explore grief

58% genome match

Real Life

Brandon Taylor · 2020

Same literary feel

57% genome match

Cereus blooms at night

Shani Mootoo · 1996

Both explore trauma

71% genome match

My Cat Yugoslavia

Pajtim Statovci · 2014

Both explore trauma

60% genome match

La solitudine dei numeri primi

Paolo Giordano · 2008

Both explore trauma

52% genome match

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Eimear McBride · 2013

Both explore trauma & sexuality

69% genome match

채식주의자

Han Kang · 2007

Both explore trauma

52% genome match

Prowadź swój pług przez kości umarłych

Olga Tokarczuk · 2009

Same literary feel

50% genome match

Lost Girls

Melinda Gebbie · 1995

Both explore sexuality & trauma

69% genome match

The gutter in the sky

Jean Genet · 1948

Same literary feel

67% genome match

The Bone People

Keri Hulme · 1983

Same literary feel

67% genome match