Books like Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle reads as witty, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Summer Sisters

Judy Blume · 1998

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

77% genome match

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

72% genome match

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 1943

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Wee Free Men

Terry Pratchett · 2003

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Dominicana

Angie Cruz · 2020

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Drown

Junot Díaz

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

75% genome match

It's Not Summer Without You

Jenny Han · 2011

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

A star called Henry

Roddy Doyle · 1999

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Lot

Bryan Washington

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

75% genome match

The Magicians

Lev Grossman · 2009

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Black Swan Green

David Mitchell

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

76% genome match