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Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri reads as intimate, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Runaway cover
Runaway
Alice Munro
Shares the human + unreliable thread
80% genome match
Unaccustomed Earth cover
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
Shares the human + unreliable thread
82% genome match
Moral Disorder cover
Moral Disorder
Margaret Atwood
Shares the human + unreliable thread
89% genome match
Mothers and Sons cover
Mothers and Sons
Colm Toibin · 2007
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Refugees cover
The Refugees
Viet Thanh Nguyen
Shares the human + unreliable thread
82% genome match
Commonwealth cover
Commonwealth
Ann Patchett · 2016
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Journey Prize Stories 21 cover
The Journey Prize Stories 21
Various · 2009
Shares the human + unreliable thread
73% genome match
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous cover
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
Shares the human + unreliable thread
80% genome match
Independence Day cover
Independence Day
Richard Ford
Shares the human + unreliable thread
72% genome match
Home cover
Home
Marilynne Robinson · 2024
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
Angle of Repose cover
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner · 2009
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
La route d'Altamont cover
La route d'Altamont
Gabrielle Roy · 1966
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match

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