Books like Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet A. Jacobs reads as harrowing, defiant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass · 1845

Both explore slavery & freedom

83% genome match

Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup · 1853

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

To Be a Slave (Plus)

Julius Lester · 1968

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Sold as a Slave

Olaudah Equiano · 2007

Both explore slavery & freedom

68% genome match

Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley. Or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House.

Elizabeth Keckley · 1868

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Roots

Alex Haley · 1861

Shares the history thread

71% genome match

The bondwoman's narrative

Hannah Crafts · 2002

Both explore slavery & freedom

72% genome match

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery

William Craft · 1860

Both explore slavery & freedom

70% genome match

Soldat oublié

Guy Sajer · 1971

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Wake

Rebecca Hall · 2021

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

With the Old Breed

E.B. Sledge · 2007

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

Shares the history thread

69% genome match