Books like Jasper Jones

Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey reads as poignant, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton · 1967

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 1943

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Lucas

Kevin Brooks · 2003

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy

Gary D. Schmidt · 1999

Shares the comingofage thread

75% genome match

I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali · 2022

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Annie John

Jamaica Kincaid · 1983

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match

Annie on My Mind

Nancy Garden · 1982

Shares the comingofage thread

71% genome match

This One Summer

Mariko Tamaki · 2014

Shares the comingofage thread

70% genome match

Where the Crawdads Sing

Delia Owens · 2018

Both explore coming-of-age

65% genome match

This Tender Land

William Kent Krueger · 2016

Shares the comingofage thread

70% genome match

Black Kids

Christina Hammonds Reed · 2020

Shares the comingofage thread

70% genome match

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

J.K. Rowling · 2005

Shares the comingofage thread

69% genome match