Books like My policeman
My policeman by Bethan Roberts reads as melancholic, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Master
Colm Tóibín · 2004
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Remains of the Day
Kazuo Ishiguro · 1989
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski · 2020
Shares the vspare thread
79% genome match
Norwegian Wood
村上春樹 · 1987
Shares the vspare thread
71% genome match
The Swimming-Pool Library
Alan Hollinghurst · 1988
Both explore memory
60% genome match
Lives of Girls and Women
Alice Munro · 1971
Shares the vspare thread
70% genome match
Walk the blue fields
Claire Keegan · 2007
Shares the vspare thread
72% genome match
The longest memory
Fred D'Aguiar · 1994
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki · 2014
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Turning
Tim Winton · 2004
Shares the vspare thread
71% genome match
The Dark Flower
John Galsworthy · 1913
Both explore societal expectations & regret
71% genome match
After rain
William Trevor · 1996
Shares the vspare thread
72% genome match
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