Books like Exile

Exile by Shannon Messenger reads as adventurous, magical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Harry Potter (series) 1-4

J. K. Rowling · 1999

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

85% genome match

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan · 2005

Shares the comingofage + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Nightfall

Shannon Messenger · 2017

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

83% genome match

The iron trial

Holly Black · 2014

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

83% genome match

How to Speak Dragonese

Cressida Cowell · 2005

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

69% genome match

When Marnie Was There

Joan G. Robinson · 2002

Shares the unreliable + foundfamily thread

69% genome match

Playing with fire

Derek Landy · 2008

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

81% genome match

Tenth Grade Bleeds

Z Brewer · 2009

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

77% genome match

Outlaw Varjak Paw

S. F. Said · 2005

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

76% genome match

Starsight

Brandon Sanderson

Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread

74% genome match

The School for Good and Evil

Soman Chainani · 2007

Shares the comingofage thread

71% genome match

Hurricane Child

Kacen Callender · 2018

Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread

75% genome match