Books like I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith reads as charming, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Marriage Plot
Jeffrey Eugenides · 2011
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Evelina
Fanny Burney · 1778
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Hired Girl
Laura Amy Schlitz · 2015
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen · 1817
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Savvy (Savvy #1)
Ingrid Law · 2008
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
How I Live Now
Meg Rosoff · 2004
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Bone Gap
Laura Ruby · 2015
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy
Jenny Han · 2009
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill · 2016
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · 1943
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Golden Gate
Vikram Seth · 1986
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
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