Books like My Family and other Animals

My Family and other Animals by Gerald Malcolm Durrell reads as humorous, nostalgic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The garden of the gods

Gerald Malcolm Durrell · 1978

Shares the living thread

86% genome match

Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life

Roald Dahl · 1989

Shares the living thread

76% genome match

Cat stories

James Herriot · 1994

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

My father's glory ; and, My mother's castle

Marcel Pagnol · 1986

Both explore childhood & family

66% genome match

The Small Party

Lillian Beckwith · 1989

Both explore nature

67% genome match

Paris to the moon

Adam Gopnik · 2000

Both explore family

65% genome match

Grayson

Lynne Cox · 2006

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

French Lessons

Peter Mayle · 2001

Both explore travel

65% genome match

The thunder tree

Robert Michael Pyle · 1993

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

Ring of bright water

Gavin Maxwell · 1960

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

Ma vie avec les chimpanzés

Jane Goodall · 1988

Shares the living thread

69% genome match

This is going to hurt

Adam Kay · 2017

Same memoir feel

54% genome match