Books like In One Person

In One Person by John Irving reads as poignant, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Rabbit at Rest

John Updike · 1996

Same literary feel

57% genome match

Goodbye, Columbus

Philip Roth

Both explore love

47% genome match

Henderson, the rain king

Saul Bellow · 1958

Same literary feel

57% genome match

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

Same literary feel

55% genome match

Tevye the dairyman and The railroad stories

Sholem Aleichem · 1987

Same literary feel

51% genome match

TOMCAT IN LOVE

Tim O'Brien · 1998

Same literary feel

57% genome match

A Man in Full

Tom Wolfe · 1998

Same literary feel

57% genome match

Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1951

Both explore love & loss

65% genome match

What we talk about when we talk about Anne Frank

Nathan Englander · 2012

Same literary feel

51% genome match

Violeta

Isabel Allende · 2022

Both explore love

65% genome match

The Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 2008

Both explore love

63% genome match

Once upon a river

Diane Setterfield · 2018

Both explore family secrets & loss

66% genome match