Books like Lives on the boundary

Lives on the boundary by Mike Rose reads as empathetic, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Other Wes Moore

Wes Moore · 2010

Shares the escape thread

72% genome match

Fist Stick Knife Gun

Geoffrey Canada · 1995

Shares the escape thread

70% genome match

Reading with Patrick

Michelle Kuo · 2017

Shares the escape thread

74% genome match

Life on the color line

Gregory Howard Williams · 1995

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Hillbilly Elegy

J.D. Vance · 2016

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell · 1933

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Privilege, Power, and Difference

Allan G. Johnson · 2001

Both explore social inequality

64% genome match

Kaffir Boy

Mark Mathabane · 1986

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

La cité de la joie

Dominique Lapierre · 1985

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich · 2001

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Down Second Avenue

Es'kia Mphahlele · 1940

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match