Books like In Order to Live

In Order to Live by Yeonmi Park reads as harrowing, resilient. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Girl with Seven Names

Hyeonseo Lee · 2015

Both explore survival & freedom

74% genome match

Nothing to envy

Barbara Demick · 2009

Both explore survival & defection

83% genome match

Escape from Camp 14

Blaine Harden · 2012

Both explore north-korea & human-rights

83% genome match

The aquariums of Pyongyang

Kang Chol-Hwan · 2005

Both explore defection & survival

75% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Both explore survival & resilience

71% genome match

The last girl

Nadia Murad · 2017

Both explore survival & resilience

73% genome match

Life and death in Shanghai

Nien Cheng · 1986

Both explore survival & resilience

71% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

Both explore survival & resilience

68% genome match

Prisoner of Tehran

Marina Nemat · 2007

Both explore human-rights & resilience

74% genome match

Alexander Dolgun's story

Alexander Dolgun · 1975

Both explore survival & resilience

74% genome match

La prisonniere

Malika Oufkir · 1980

Both explore survival & resilience

72% genome match

Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup · 1853

Both explore freedom & resilience

66% genome match