Books like New Kid
New Kid by Jerry Craft reads as warm, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang · 2006
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
83% genome match
The Help
Kathryn Stockett · 2009
Shares the justice + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride · 2023
Shares the foundfamily + justice thread
69% genome match
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · 1884
Shares the justice + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs · 2011
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
Wonder
R.J. Palacio · 2012
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
Yellowface
R.F. Kuang · 2023
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid · 2019
Shares the justice + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Look Both Ways
Jason Reynolds · 2019
Shares the foundfamily + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Cannery Row
John Steinbeck · 1945
Shares the foundfamily + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty · 2014
Shares the foundfamily + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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