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Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham reads as immersive, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt · 2013
Shares the quiet + escape thread
74% genome match
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain · 1884
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
74% genome match
A Fine Balance
Rohinton Mistry · 1995
Shares the escape + quiet thread
69% genome match
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
Shares the escape + quiet thread
69% genome match
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens · 1861
Shares the quiet + escape thread
69% genome match
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Shares the escape + quiet thread
69% genome match
Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy · 1895
Shares the escape thread
69% genome match
The Centaur
John Updike
Shares the escape + quiet thread
69% genome match
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo · 1862
Shares the escape thread
69% genome match
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 1993
Shares the quiet + escape thread
69% genome match
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb · 1995
Shares the quiet + escape thread
69% genome match
Buddenbrooks
Thomas Mann
Shares the escape + quiet thread
69% genome match
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