Books like I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez reads as witty, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Dominicana

Angie Cruz · 2020

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

73% genome match

Does Your Mama Know?

Lisa C. Moore · 1997

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

78% genome match

An Island Like You

Judith Ortiz Cofer · 1995

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

Lot

Bryan Washington

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

73% genome match

Drown

Junot Díaz

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Looking for Jamie Bridger

Nancy Springer · 2014

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

77% genome match

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

69% genome match

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

70% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 1943

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match