Books like Jesus' Son
Jesus' Son by Denis Johnson reads as lyrical, dark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
McGlue
Ottessa Moshfegh · 2014
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Fiskadoro
Denis Johnson · 1985
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
A Sport and a Pastime
James Salter · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
75% genome match
Out of the Dark
Patrick Modiano · 1998
Shares the human + unreliable thread
71% genome match
Winter in the blood
James Welch · 1974
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
A lie of the mind
Sam Shepard · 1986
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
When the emperor was divine
Julie Otsuka · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong · 2025
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Body Artist
Don DeLillo
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
A new path to the waterfall
Raymond Carver · 1989
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
We Were Liars
E. Lockhart · 2014
Shares the unreliable + human thread
69% genome match
The Details
Ia Genberg · 2022
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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