Books like Novio Boy

Novio Boy by Gary Soto reads as lighthearted, anxious. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Same ya feel

83% genome match

An Island Like You

Judith Ortiz Cofer · 1995

Same ya feel

59% genome match

145th Street

Walter Dean Myers · 2000

Same ya feel

59% genome match

Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass

Meg Medina · 2013

Same ya feel

59% genome match

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz · 2012

Both explore first love

52% genome match

A fire in my hands

Gary Soto · 1990

Both explore adolescence

59% genome match

In Search of April Raintree

Beatrice Mosionier · 1983

Same drama feel

55% genome match

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

Same ya feel

52% genome match

Love from A to Z

S. K. Ali · 2019

Both explore first love & cultural identity

69% genome match

Traplines

Eden Robinson · 1996

Both explore adolescence

53% genome match

Burned

Ellen Hopkins · 2006

Same ya feel

49% genome match

Banana heart summer

Merlinda C. Bobis · 2005

Same drama feel

52% genome match