Books like Red at the Bone
Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson reads as poignant, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Autobiographie de ma mère
Jamaica Kincaid · 1996
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72% genome match
The longest memory
Fred D'Aguiar · 1994
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69% genome match
Home
Toni Morrison · 2012
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69% genome match
The farming of bones
Edwidge Danticat · 1998
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69% genome match
Pet
Akwaeke Emezi · 2019
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69% genome match
Corregidora
Gayl Jones · 1975
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69% genome match
The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett · 2020
Both explore identity & race
53% genome match
Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín · 2009
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69% genome match
Native Guard
Natasha Trethewey · 2007
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71% genome match
De aanslag
Harry Mulisch · 1982
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69% genome match
The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka · 2013
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69% genome match
Sapphira and the slave girl
Willa Cather · 1940
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69% genome match
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