Books like Skim
Skim by Mariko Tamaki reads as melancholic, introspective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
This One Summer
Mariko Tamaki · 2014
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
83% genome match
Lost at Sea
Bryan Lee O'Malley · 2003
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Wigwam bam
Jaime Hernandez · 1993
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Criss cross
Lynne Rae Perkins · 2005
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
71% genome match
The house you pass on the way
Jacqueline Woodson · 1997
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
71% genome match
What I Was
Meg Rosoff · 2007
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
70% genome match
We are okay
Nina LaCour · 2017
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Annie John
Jamaica Kincaid · 1983
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Submarine
Joe Dunthorne · 2008
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
I Hear the SunSpot
Yuki Fumino · 2014
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
Chlorine Sky
Mahogany L. Browne · 2021
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
I'll Get There, It Better Be Worth the Trip
John Donovan · 1969
Shares the comingofage + vspare thread
69% genome match
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