Books like My Name is Asher Lev

My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok reads as introspective, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

World's Fair

E. L. Doctorow · 1985

Both explore identity

56% genome match

The Adventures of Augie March

Saul Bellow

Both explore identity

48% genome match

Rabbit at Rest

John Updike · 1996

Both explore identity

62% genome match

The Finkler Question

Howard Jacobson · 2010

Both explore identity

62% genome match

Under the Volcano

Malcolm Lowry

Both explore identity

57% genome match

Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1800

Same literary feel

46% genome match

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Eimear McBride · 2013

Both explore identity

57% genome match

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

Same literary feel

42% genome match

Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

Both explore identity

53% genome match

Balthazar

Lawrence Durrell · 1957

Both explore identity

57% genome match

A Personal Matter

Kenzaburō Ōe · 1969

Both explore identity

62% genome match

Walk Two Moons

Sharon Creech · 1994

Both explore identity

55% genome match