Books like If You Find Me

If You Find Me by Emily Murdoch reads as haunting, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The chosen one

Carol Lynch Williams · 2009

Both explore abuse & survival

74% genome match

I am David

Anne Holm · 1965

Both explore survival & trauma

72% genome match

My sister lives on the mantelpiece

Annabel Pitcher · 2011

Both explore trauma

55% genome match

The war that Saved my Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 2015

Both explore resilience & trauma

68% genome match

Forged by fire

Sharon M. Draper · 1997

Both explore abuse & resilience

68% genome match

Burned

Ellen Hopkins · 2006

Both explore abuse & resilience

66% genome match

Wildflowers (Cat / Jade / Misty / Star)

V. C. Andrews · 1999

Both explore family secrets & abuse

69% genome match

Room

Emma Donoghue · 2010

Both explore survival

83% genome match

Ellen Foster

Kaye Gibbons · 1987

Both explore resilience & abuse

70% genome match

The Way I Used To Be

Amber Smith · 2016

Both explore trauma

64% genome match

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999

Both explore trauma

64% genome match

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis · 2000

Both explore resilience & survival

67% genome match