Books like Nada

Nada by Carmen Laforet reads as bleak, introspective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Sounder

William Howard Armstrong · 1971

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

That was then, this is now

S. E. Hinton · 1971

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69% genome match

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse · 1997

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton · 1911

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69% genome match

Perras de reserva

Dahlia de la Cerda · 2019

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69% genome match

Hello and goodbye

Athol Fugard · 1966

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69% genome match

Under the feet of Jesus

Helena María Viramontes · 1995

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69% genome match

My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier · 1974

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Make Lemonade

Virginia Euwer Wolff · 1993

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

My Name Is Lucy Barton

Elizabeth Strout · 2016

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

And Now Miguel

Joseph Krumgold · 1953

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

Gap Creek

Robert Morgan · 1999

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match