Books like On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong reads as lyrical, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Details

Ia Genberg · 2022

Shares the human + unreliable thread

77% genome match

Swimming in the Dark

Tomasz Jedrowski · 2020

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

A Sport and a Pastime

James Salter · 2002

Shares the human + unreliable thread

75% genome match

Time Is a Mother

Ocean Vuong · 2022

Shares the human + unreliable thread

74% genome match

You Made Me Love You

John Edgar Wideman · 2021

Shares the human + unreliable thread

74% genome match

Runaway

Alice Munro

Shares the human + unreliable thread

84% genome match

Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1930

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Body Artist

Don DeLillo

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Unaccustomed Earth

Jhumpa Lahiri

Shares the human + unreliable thread

82% genome match

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

V.E. Schwab · 2020

Shares the quiet + human thread

69% genome match

Out of the Dark

Patrick Modiano · 1998

Shares the human + unreliable thread

70% genome match

The Lover's Dictionary

David Levithan · 2010

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match