Books like My father's house
My father's house by Sylvia Fraser reads as haunting, raw. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Kiss
Kathryn Harrison · 1997
Shares the human + unreliable thread
80% genome match
The Only Girl in the Car
Kathy Dobie · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
72% genome match
Bandit
Molly Brodak · 2016
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Liars' Club
Mary Karr
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris · 2000
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Heavy
Kiese Laymon
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
A wolf at the table
Augusten Burroughs · 2008
Shares the unreliable thread
69% genome match
Know My Name
Chanel Miller
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Woman Warrior
Maxine Hong Kingston
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
West with the Night
Beryl Markham
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Gender Queer
Maia Kobabe
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
Hanif Abdurraqib · 2017
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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