Books like Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens reads as dark, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Grapes of Wrath

John Steinbeck · 1939

Shares the escape + justice thread

76% genome match

Les Miserables

Victor Hugo · 1862

Shares the escape + justice thread

69% genome match

Great Expectations

Charles Dickens · 1861

Shares the escape + vornate thread

83% genome match

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Thomas Hardy · 1891

Shares the justice + vornate thread

69% genome match

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Harriet Beecher Stowe · 1852

Shares the justice + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Color Purple

Alice Walker · 1982

Shares the escape + justice thread

69% genome match

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain · 1884

Shares the justice + escape thread

69% genome match

Such a Fun Age

Kiley Reid · 2019

Shares the justice + escape thread

69% genome match

The Help

Kathryn Stockett · 2009

Shares the justice + escape thread

69% genome match

Moscardino

Enrico Pea · 1922

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

71% genome match

Demon Copperhead

Barbara Kingsolver · 2022

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

El filibusterismo

José Rizal · 1900

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match