Books like My father, Sun-Sun Johnson
My father, Sun-Sun Johnson by C. Everard Palmer reads as poignant, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Ruby
Rosa Guy · 1976
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76% genome match
That was then, this is now
S. E. Hinton · 1971
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70% genome match
145th Street
Walter Dean Myers · 2000
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71% genome match
Tyrell
Coe Booth · 2007
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70% genome match
The Bed and Breakfast Star
Jacqueline Wilson · 1994
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69% genome match
The White Tiger
Aravind Adiga · 2008
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69% genome match
Tevye the dairyman and The railroad stories
Sholem Aleichem · 1987
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69% genome match
The mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul Curtis · 2012
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69% genome match
Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines · 1968
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69% genome match
Moscardino
Enrico Pea · 1922
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71% genome match
It's Like This, Cat
Emily Cheney Neville · 1992
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69% genome match
Tilly
Catherine Cookson · 1980
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70% genome match
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