Books like Parable of the Talents
Parable of the Talents by Octavia E. Butler reads as dark, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Children of Men
P. D. James
Shares the power thread
78% genome match
The Word for World Is Forest
Ursula K. Le Guin
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Green Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson
Shares the power thread
71% genome match
Earth Abides
George R. Stewart
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
Butcher's Crossing
John Williams
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
The Year of the Flood
Margaret Atwood
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
Scythe
Neal Shusterman
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
The Homesman
Glendon Swarthout
Shares the quiet thread
69% genome match
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
Shares the power + quiet thread
69% genome match
The Grace of Kings
Ken Liu
Shares the power + quiet thread
69% genome match
Inversions
Iain M. Banks
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins · 2010
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
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