Books like Ghost
Ghost by Jason Reynolds reads as hopeful, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Tyrell
Coe Booth · 2007
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Son of a Trickster
Eden Robinson · 2017
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
All American Boys
Jason Reynolds · 2015
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 1999
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS (Easy Rawlins Mysteries)
Walter Mosley · 1990
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie · 2007
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Trouble and her friends
Melissa Scott · 1994
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Taking of Jake Livingston
Ryan Douglass · 2021
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Deadly, unna?
Phillip Gwynne · 1998
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas · 2017
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton · 1967
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Choke
Chuck Palahniuk · 2001
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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