Books like Small Things Like These
Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan reads as intimate, quiet. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Brooklyn
Colm Tóibín · 2009
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
Nora Webster
Colm Toibin · 2014
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69% genome match
Interpreter of Maladies
Jhumpa Lahiri
Both explore community
65% genome match
How to Pronounce Knife
Souvankham Thammavongsa
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69% genome match
Lot
Bryan Washington
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69% genome match
The short stories of Liam O'Flaherty
Liam Ó Flaithearta · 1937
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69% genome match
The Buddha in the Attic
Julie Otsuka · 2013
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69% genome match
Sounder
William Howard Armstrong · 1971
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69% genome match
Plainsong
Kent Haruf · 1999
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
The Love of a Good Woman
Alice Munro · 1998
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69% genome match
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney · 2017
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
A Lesson Before Dying
Ernest J. Gaines
Both explore justice & community
75% genome match
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