Books like Fallen angels
Fallen angels by Walter Dean Myers reads as grim, realistic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Sunrise over Fallujah
Walter Dean Myers · 2007
Shares the comingofage thread
79% genome match
Im Westen nichts Neues
Erich Maria Remarque · 1928
Both explore war & trauma
71% genome match
Vietnam war stories
Tobey C. Herzog · 1992
Both explore trauma & morality
76% genome match
That was then, this is now
S. E. Hinton · 1971
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
Sisters/Hermanas
Gary Paulsen · 1993
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
Toughing It
Nancy Springer · 2014
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
Milkweed
Jerry Spinelli · 2003
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
"Master Harold"-- and the boys
Athol Fugard · 1982
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 1999
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
13
James Howe · 2003
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Pigman's Legacy
Paul Zindel · 1980
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
Fields of fire
James Webb · 1978
Both explore trauma & morality
61% genome match
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