Books like Friday

Friday by Robert A. Heinlein reads as adventurous, provocative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

City of Illusions

Ursula K. Le Guin

Both explore identity & survival

57% genome match

Shade's children

Garth Nix · 1997

Both explore survival & artificial intelligence

68% genome match

Short stories

Philip K. Dick · 1997

Both explore identity & artificial intelligence

51% genome match

The cat who walks through walls

Robert A. Heinlein · 1985

Both explore identity & artificial intelligence

63% genome match

The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm

Nancy Farmer · 1994

Both explore identity & freedom

61% genome match

The Renegades of Pern

Anne McCaffrey · 1989

Both explore survival & freedom

61% genome match

Star Born

Andre Norton · 1957

Both explore survival

61% genome match

Falling Free

Lois McMaster Bujold · 1988

Both explore freedom & identity

58% genome match

The Knife of Never Letting Go

Patrick Ness · 2008

Both explore survival

56% genome match

Parable of the Talents

Octavia E. Butler

Both explore survival

56% genome match

The Positronic Man

Isaac Asimov · 1992

Both explore artificial intelligence & identity

57% genome match

Sea of Rust

C. Robert Cargill · 2017

Both explore survival

58% genome match