Books like Motherless Brooklyn
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem reads as quirky, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Gun, with occasional music
Jonathan Lethem · 1994
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Neuromancer
William Gibson · 1984
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Philip K. Dick · 1968
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Novels 1955-1962 (Lolita / Lolita. A Screenplay / Pale Fire / Pnin)
Vladimir Nabokov · 1996
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
When We Were Orphans
Kazuo Ishiguro
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Marisha Pessl · 2006
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Kara Kitap
Orhan Pamuk · 1990
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Names
Don DeLillo
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
Elif Şafak · 2019
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Magic for Beginners
Kelly Link
Shares the unreliable + comingofage thread
69% genome match
What I Was
Meg Rosoff · 2007
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Disparition
Georges Perec · 1994
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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