Books like In the belly of the beast
In the belly of the beast by Jack Henry Abbott reads as raw, intellectual. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Jarhead
Anthony Swofford · 2003
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Close to the Knives
David Wojnarowicz · 1991
Both explore alienation
61% genome match
Sing Backwards and Weep
Mark Lanegan · 2020
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69% genome match
Amateur
Thomas Page McBee · 2018
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69% genome match
The grass arena
John Healy · 1988
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69% genome match
The White Album
Joan Didion · 1979
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69% genome match
Hunger
Roxane Gay · 2016
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69% genome match
Fish
T. J. Parsell · 2006
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69% genome match
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
JT LeRoy · 2001
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69% genome match
L'événement
Annie Ernaux · 2000
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69% genome match
House Rules
Rachel Sontag · 2008
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69% genome match
Dancing on my grave
Gelsey Kirkland · 1986
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69% genome match
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