Books like Everything Sad Is Untrue

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri reads as reflective, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit

Lucette Lagnado · 2007

Shares the vornate thread

73% genome match

Children of the Land

Marcelo Hernandez Castillo · 2020

Both explore immigration & family

76% genome match

Oh the glory of it all

Sean Wilsey · 2005

Shares the vornate thread

73% genome match

How to Say Babylon

Safiya Sinclair · 2023

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Messy Roots

Laura Gao · 2022

Both explore identity & immigration

68% genome match

The child that books built

Francis Spufford · 2002

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

A bed of red flowers

Nelofer Pazira · 2005

Both explore displacement & identity

66% genome match

Under the eye of the clock

Christopher Nolan (Irish author) · 1987

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

All you can ever know

Nicole Chung · 2018

Both explore identity & family

63% genome match

All the Lives We Ever Lived

Katharine Smyth · 2019

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Aftershocks

Nadia Owusu · 2021

Both explore identity & displacement

65% genome match

Tasting the Sky

Ibtisam Barakat · 2007

Both explore childhood & displacement

76% genome match