Books like Out of Africa
Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen reads as lyrical, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Speak, Memory
Vladimir Nabokov
Shares the human + unreliable thread
86% genome match
Watermark
Joseph Brodsky · 1992
Shares the human + unreliable thread
81% genome match
Microcosms
Claudio Magris · 1999
Shares the human + unreliable thread
85% genome match
Running in the Family
Michael Ondaatje
Shares the human + unreliable thread
76% genome match
Mi país inventado
Isabel Allende · 2003
Shares the human + unreliable thread
74% genome match
The orchard
Drusilla Modjeska · 1994
Shares the human + unreliable thread
77% genome match
Istanbul
Orhan Pamuk · 2003
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
The Best We Could Do
Thi Bui
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Too much and not the mood
Durga Chew-Bose · 2017
Shares the human + unreliable thread
71% genome match
Meatless days
Sara Suleri · 1989
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Black Dog Of Fate
Peter Balakian · 2009
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
The Man in the White Sharkskin Suit
Lucette Lagnado · 2007
Shares the human + unreliable thread
71% genome match
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