Books like Love, Stargirl
Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli reads as reflective, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Wonder
R.J. Palacio · 2012
Shares the hopeful + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
Maniac Magee
Jerry Spinelli · 1990
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
72% genome match
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Silas Marner
George Eliot · 1861
Shares the hopeful + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
Record of a Spaceborn Few
Becky Chambers · 2018
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman · 2017
Shares the outsider + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
When Marnie Was There
Joan G. Robinson · 2002
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
73% genome match
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna · 2022
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Authenticity Project
Clare Pooley · 2020
Shares the hopeful + outsider thread
69% genome match
Dream Wheels
Richard Wagamese · 2006
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
76% genome match
Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune · 2024
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy
Gary D. Schmidt · 1999
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
70% genome match
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