Books like Isabel

Isabel by Carolyn Meyer reads as dramatic, historical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

When my name was Keoko

Linda Sue Park · 2002

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

73% genome match

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Little Women

Louisa May Alcott · 1868

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Among Others

Jo Walton · 2012

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The carnival at Bray

Jessie Ann Foley · 2014

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

Catherine, Called Birdy

Karen Cushman · 1994

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

An American Brat

Bapsi Sidhwa · 1993

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

70% genome match

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 1943

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Dicey's Song

Cynthia Voigt · 2002

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Black Swan Green

David Mitchell

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Johnny Tremain

Esther Forbes

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match