Books like Matilda
Matilda by Roald Dahl reads as whimsical, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl · 1964
Shares the vvoice thread
83% genome match
The Bad Beginning
Lemony Snicket · 1999
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs · 2011
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J.K. Rowling · 1997
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang · 2006
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
How to break a dragon's heart
Cressida Cowell · 2009
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
New Kid
Jerry Craft · 2019
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Giggler Treatment
Roddy Doyle · 2000
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
Unreal!
Paul Jennings · 1985
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
Yellowface
R.F. Kuang · 2023
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Breakfast of Champions
Kurt Vonnegut · 1973
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Freckle Juice
Judy Blume · 1971
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
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