Books like Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson reads as satirical, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
James Joyce · 1916
Shares the comingofage + escape thread
69% genome match
Drôle de garçon
Shyam Selvadurai · 1994
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Idiot
Elif Batuman · 2017
Shares the comingofage + escape thread
69% genome match
Magic for Beginners
Kelly Link
Shares the comingofage thread
69% genome match
A star called Henry
Roddy Doyle · 1999
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Centaur
John Updike
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis · 2001
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki · 2014
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
From the notebooks of Melanin Sun
Jacqueline Woodson · 1995
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Bone Gap
Laura Ruby · 2015
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Assassin's Apprentice
Robin Hobb · 1995
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Ruby
Rosa Guy · 1976
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
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