Books like It Starts with Us
It Starts with Us by Colleen Hoover reads as emotional, bittersweet. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover · 2016
Shares the escape + history thread
86% genome match
The Color Purple
Alice Walker · 1982
Shares the escape + history thread
69% genome match
After You
Jojo Moyes · 2015
Shares the vvoice thread
70% genome match
Sugar Daddy
Lisa Kleypas · 2007
Shares the escape + lovetime thread
69% genome match
And Still I Rise
Maya Angelou · 1978
Shares the escape + history thread
69% genome match
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · 1943
Shares the escape + history thread
69% genome match
Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver · 2022
Shares the escape + history thread
69% genome match
Marius
Marcel Pagnol · 1928
Shares the escape + lovetime thread
69% genome match
Johnnie's Blitz
Bernard Ashley · 1999
Shares the escape + history thread
69% genome match
11/22/63
Stephen King · 2011
Shares the lovetime + history thread
69% genome match
In Five Years
Rebecca Serle · 2020
Shares the lovetime thread
70% genome match
Secrets
Jacqueline Wilson · 2002
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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