Books like James
James by Percival Everett reads as satirical, literary. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Erasure
Percival Everett · 2001
Shares the justice + comic thread
83% genome match
The Sellout
Paul Beatty · 2015
Shares the justice + comic thread
69% genome match
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut · 1973
Shares the justice + comic thread
69% genome match
Little Big Man
Thomas Berger
Shares the history + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Good Lord Bird
James McBride
Shares the history + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · 1884
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
83% genome match
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee · 1960
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Intuitionist
Colson Whitehead
Shares the comic thread
69% genome match
The Color Purple
Alice Walker · 1982
Shares the history + justice thread
69% genome match
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
George Saunders
Shares the comic + vvoice thread
69% genome match
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey · 1962
Shares the vvoice thread
73% genome match
Babbitt
Sinclair Lewis · 2012
Shares the comic + vvoice thread
73% genome match
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