Books like La honte
La honte by Annie Ernaux reads as stark, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
La place
Annie Ernaux · 1983
Shares the human + unreliable thread
73% genome match
Jane
Maggie Nelson · 2005
Shares the human + unreliable thread
72% genome match
The Only Girl in the Car
Kathy Dobie · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
Girl, interrupted
Susanna Kaysen · 1993
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Mes parents
Hervé Guibert · 1986
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Swimming studies
Leanne Shapton · 2012
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Dora Bruder
Patrick Modiano · 1997
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The bill from my father
Bernard Cooper · 2006
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Bandit
Molly Brodak · 2016
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Sidewalks
Valeria Luiselli · 2013
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Se questo è un uomo
Primo Levi · 1947
Shares the human + vspare thread
75% genome match
Fierce attachments
Vivian Gornick · 1987
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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