Books like Philadelphia, here I come!
Philadelphia, here I come! by Brian Friel reads as melancholic, nostalgic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Aristocrats
Brian Friel · 1980
Shares the human + unreliable thread
75% genome match
Conversations with my father
Herb Gardner · 1993
Shares the human + unreliable thread
72% genome match
Caramelo
Sandra Cisneros · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Barney's Version
Mordecai Richler · 1997
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Suttree
Cormac McCarthy
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Water for Elephants
Sara Gruen · 2006
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
A lie of the mind
Sam Shepard · 1986
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Best Short Stories 2021
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2021
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Let the Dead Bury Their Dead
Randall Kenan · 1992
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Long Division
Kiese Laymon · 2013
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
It
Stephen King · 1986
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The playboy of the western world
J. M. Synge · 1907
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
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