Books like Soldier's Heart

Soldier's Heart by Gary Paulsen reads as grim, raw. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Crossing

Gary Paulsen · 1987

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Hate That Cat

Sharon Creech · 2008

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69% genome match

Addy's Surprise

Connie Rose Porter · 1993

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The war that Saved my Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 2015

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The Slave Dancer (Laurel-Leaf Historical Fiction)

Paula Fox · 1973

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Tales of Soldiers & Civilians [28 stories]

Ambrose Bierce · 1943

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Sunrise over Fallujah

Walter Dean Myers · 2007

Both explore war & trauma

52% genome match

The Way I Used To Be

Amber Smith · 2016

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

Speak

Laurie Halse Anderson · 1999

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69% genome match

The samurai's tale

Erik Christian Haugaard · 1984

Shares the vspare thread

69% genome match

The Cay

Theodore Taylor · 1969

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69% genome match

My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier · 1974

Shares the vspare thread

83% genome match