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Books like Empty world

Empty world by Sam Youd reads as bleak, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

On the Beach cover
On the Beach
Nevil Shute
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
You get so alone at times that it just makes sense cover
You get so alone at times that it just makes sense
Charles Bukowski · 1986
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
Of Mice and Men cover
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck · 1937
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
Klara and the Sun cover
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
The White Mountains (The Tripods #1) cover
The White Mountains (The Tripods #1)
Sam Youd · 1967
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Sarah, plain and tall cover
Sarah, plain and tall
Patricia MacLachlan · 1985
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
Mrs Caliban cover
Mrs Caliban
Rachel Ingalls · 1982
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
I Am Legend cover
I Am Legend
Richard Matheson · 1954
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
Bones & All cover
Bones & All
Camille DeAngelis · 2015
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
Kokoro cover
Kokoro
Natsume Soseki · 1914
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Lost Man cover
The Lost Man
Jane Harper · 2018
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match
Sabrina cover
Sabrina
Nick Drnaso · 2018
Shares the outsider + vspare thread
69% genome match

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