Books like Salt fish girl
Salt fish girl by Larissa Lai reads as speculative, surreal. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Blind Assassin
Margaret Atwood · 2000
Shares the unreliable + human thread
69% genome match
Neuromancer
William Gibson · 1984
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Radiance
Catherynne M. Valente · 2001
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong · 2016
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The different girl
Gordon Dahlquist · 2013
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Girl in the Road
Monica Byrne · 2014
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Candy House
Jennifer Egan · 2022
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Fiskadoro
Denis Johnson · 1985
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
Emil Ferris
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Chronicle in Stone
Ismail Kadare · 1973
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge
Rainer Maria Rilke · 1930
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Trigger Warning
Neil Gaiman
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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