Books like Mommie Dearest

Mommie Dearest by Christina Crawford reads as raw, accusatory. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Little girl lost

Drew Barrymore · 1990

Both explore family dysfunction

64% genome match

Dry

Augusten Burroughs · 2003

Both explore family dysfunction

52% genome match

I'm Glad My Mom Died

Jennette McCurdy · 2022

Both explore trauma

60% genome match

I'll Cry Tomorrow

Lillian Roth · 1954

Both explore hollywood

64% genome match

My father's house

Sylvia Fraser · 1987

Both explore trauma

63% genome match

Boy erased

Garrard Conley · 2016

Both explore trauma

63% genome match

Vindicated

Karrine Steffans · 2015

Both explore celebrity

64% genome match

Prozac nation

Elizabeth Wurtzel · 1994

Same memoir feel

59% genome match

Jesus Land

Julia Scheeres · 2005

Both explore trauma

60% genome match

And I don't want to live this life

Deborah Spungen · 1983

Same memoir feel

59% genome match

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

JT LeRoy · 2001

Both explore child abuse & trauma

60% genome match

Me Talk Pretty One Day

David Sedaris · 2000

Same memoir feel

57% genome match