Books like Less Than Zero
Less Than Zero by Bret Easton Ellis reads as dark, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The End of the Fucking World
Charles Forsman · 2013
Shares the transgress + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Wrong
Dennis Cooper · 1992
Shares the transgress + bleak thread
73% genome match
American Psycho
Bret Easton Ellis · 1991
Shares the transgress + bleak thread
83% genome match
Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh · 1993
Shares the comingofage + transgress thread
69% genome match
Between Here and the Yellow Sea
Nic Pizzolatto · 2006
Shares the transgress + bleak thread
69% genome match
Women
Charles Bukowski · 1978
Shares the transgress + bleak thread
69% genome match
Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson
Shares the transgress + vspare thread
69% genome match
La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins
Fernando Vallejo · 1994
Shares the transgress + bleak thread
69% genome match
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 1993
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
De l'inconvénient d'être né
Emil Cioran · 1973
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Where I'm Calling From
Raymond Carver · 1988
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Altmann's tongue
Brian Evenson · 1994
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
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