Books like My Heart and Other Black Holes

My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga reads as melancholic, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Holding Up the Universe

Jennifer Niven · 2016

Both explore first love & mental health

66% genome match

I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali · 2022

Both explore grief & hope

70% genome match

Thirteen reasons why

Jay Asher · 2007

Both explore suicide & mental health

83% genome match

You've Reached Sam

Dustin Thao · 2021

Both explore grief & first love

61% genome match

Looking at the stars

Jo Cotterill · 2014

Both explore grief & mental health

70% genome match

How to Make Friends with the Dark

Kathleen Glasgow · 2019

Both explore grief & mental health

61% genome match

Turtles All the Way Down

John Green · 2017

Both explore mental health

46% genome match

Zac and Mia

A. J. Betts · 2013

Both explore hope & first love

66% genome match

Every last word

Tamara Ireland Stone · 2015

Both explore mental health & first love

60% genome match

It's kind of a funny story

Ned Vizzini · 2000

Both explore mental health & depression

61% genome match

Five Feet Apart

Rachael Lippincott · 2018

Both explore hope

59% genome match

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999

Same ya feel

57% genome match