Books like Poor things
Poor things by Alasdair Gray reads as satirical, dark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Frankissstein
Jeanette Winterson · 2019
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69% genome match
Wicked
Gregory Maguire · 1995
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69% genome match
Smoke and Mirrors
Neil Gaiman
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69% genome match
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
Machado de Assis · 1881
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69% genome match
Mason & Dixon
Thomas Pynchon
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69% genome match
Sartor resartus
Thomas Carlyle · 1800
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69% genome match
The Tin Drum
Gunter Grass · 1959
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69% genome match
The great Indian novel
Shashi Tharoor · 1989
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69% genome match
Baga Jaga je snijela jaje
Dubravka Ugrešić · 2005
Both explore identity & feminism
65% genome match
The History of Tom Jones
Henry Fielding · 1749
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69% genome match
The bloody chamber and other stories
Angela Carter · 1979
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69% genome match
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley · 1818
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69% genome match
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