Books like Small island
Small island by Andrea Levy reads as poignant, insightful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo · 2019
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69% genome match
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2013
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83% genome match
Swing Time
Zadie Smith · 2017
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69% genome match
My father, Sun-Sun Johnson
C. Everard Palmer · 1974
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We Need New Names
NoViolet Bulawayo · 2013
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69% genome match
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan · 1989
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69% genome match
Refugee boy
Benjamin Zephaniah · 2008
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69% genome match
The mighty Miss Malone
Christopher Paul Curtis · 2012
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69% genome match
Foreign Soil
Maxine Beneba Clarke · 2014
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69% genome match
Crumbs from the table of joy
Lynn Nottage · 1998
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69% genome match
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride · 2023
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69% genome match
Make Lemonade
Virginia Euwer Wolff · 1993
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69% genome match
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