Books like Keeper of the Lost Cities

Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger reads as fast, adventurous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Everblaze

Shannon Messenger · 2014

Shares the unreliable + grief thread

100% genome match

Lodestar

Shannon Messenger · 2016

Shares the unreliable + grief thread

100% genome match

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger · 1951

Shares the grief + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief

Rick Riordan · 2005

Shares the unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Brightest Night

Tui T. Sutherland · 2014

Same ya feel

68% genome match

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

J.K. Rowling · 1999

Shares the unreliable thread

69% genome match

Fablehaven

Brandon Mull · 2006

Same fantasy feel

64% genome match

The Fault in Our Stars

John Green · 2012

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks · 1996

Shares the unreliable + grief thread

69% genome match

The iron trial

Holly Black · 2014

Shares the unreliable thread

69% genome match

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

Shares the unreliable thread

69% genome match

In a Dark, Dark Wood

Ruth Ware · 2015

Shares the unreliable + grief thread

69% genome match