Books like Quarto de Despejo

Quarto de Despejo by Carolina Maria de Jesus reads as stark, resilient. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

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69% genome match

Nigger

Dick Gregory · 1965

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69% genome match

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell · 1933

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83% genome match

All souls

Michael Patrick MacDonald · 1999

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69% genome match

The Road

Jack London · 1907

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69% genome match

Gather together in my name

Maya Angelou · 1974

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69% genome match

You Can't Win

Jack Black · 1926

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69% genome match

A Russian Journal

John Steinbeck · 1999

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69% genome match

Poverty Safari

Darren McGarvey · 2017

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69% genome match

Mothers & daughters

Tillie Olsen · 1987

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69% genome match

I Heard You Paint Houses

Charles Brandt · 2004

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69% genome match

The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things

JT LeRoy · 2001

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69% genome match