Books like Journal of a Solitude

Journal of a Solitude by May Sarton reads as reflective, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A winter book

Tove Jansson · 2006

Both explore nature & solitude

74% genome match

Two Trees Make a Forest

Jessica J. Lee · 2019

Both explore nature

68% genome match

Le parfum des fleurs la nuit

Leïla Slimani · 2021

Both explore solitude & creativity

68% genome match

An American childhood

Annie Dillard · 1987

Both explore nature

66% genome match

The diary of Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo · 1995

Both explore creativity

64% genome match

Conundrum

Jan Morris · 1974

Same memoir feel

63% genome match

The diary of Anaïs Nin

Anaïs Nin · 1966

Same memoir feel

62% genome match

In the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado · 2019

Same memoir feel

60% genome match

Lessico famigliare

Natalia Ginzburg · 1963

Same literary feel

63% genome match

Size of Thoughts

Nicholson Baker · 1996

Both explore introspection

65% genome match

Croire aux fauves

Nastassja Martin · 2019

Same memoir feel

63% genome match

The orchard

Drusilla Modjeska · 1994

Both explore nature

65% genome match