Books like Farewell to Manzanar

Farewell to Manzanar by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston reads as reflective, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Both explore racism & identity

74% genome match

So far from the bamboo grove

Yoko Kawashima Watkins · 1986

Both explore resilience & prejudice

67% genome match

Anne Frank

Mirjam Pressler · 2000

Both explore resilience

67% genome match

Eva's story

Eva Schloss · 1988

Both explore resilience

70% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Both explore resilience

65% genome match

Hiroshima diary

Michihiko Hachiya · 1955

Both explore resilience

67% genome match

My place

Sally Morgan · 1987

Both explore racism

68% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

Both explore resilience

63% genome match

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

Laura Hillman · 2003

Both explore resilience

68% genome match

Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank / Excerpts from Anne Frank)

Frances Goodrich · 1989

Both explore resilience

64% genome match

Facing the lion

Simone Arnold Liebster · 2000

Both explore resilience

65% genome match

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

Both explore racism & identity

63% genome match