Books like Free Lunch

Free Lunch by Rex Ogle reads as poignant, honest. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls · 2005

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

83% genome match

Riding in Cars with Boys

Beverly Donofrio · 1990

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

All over but the shoutin'

Rick Bragg · 1997

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

The distance between us

Reyna Grande · 2013

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson · 2020

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Teacher Man

Frank McCourt · 2005

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

All souls

Michael Patrick MacDonald · 1999

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Two or Three Things I Know for Sure

Dorothy Allison · 1995

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Bad blood

Lorna Sage · 2000

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Coal miner's daughter

Loretta Lynn · 1977

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Down Second Avenue

Es'kia Mphahlele · 1940

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Little Britches

Ralph Moody · 1950

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match