Books like Stolen

Stolen by Lucy Christopher reads as disturbing, tense. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Room

Emma Donoghue · 2010

Both explore captivity & survival

55% genome match

Elsewhere

Gabrielle Zevin · 2005

Same ya feel

50% genome match

The Lovely Bones

Alice Sebold · 2002

Same literary feel

47% genome match

Matrix

Lauren Groff · 2021

Same literary feel

49% genome match

Wilder Girls

Rory Power

Both explore survival & isolation

63% genome match

Salvage the Bones

Jesmyn Ward

Both explore survival & coming-of-age

62% genome match

Where the World Ends

Geraldine McCaughrean · 2017

Both explore survival & isolation

64% genome match

Lord of the Flies

William Golding · 1954

Same literary feel

56% genome match

My dark Vanessa

Kate Elizabeth Russell · 2020

Same literary feel

58% genome match

The Round House

Louise Erdrich

Both explore coming-of-age

59% genome match

Dead in the Water

Nancy Holder · 2011

Both explore survival & isolation

63% genome match

Schachnovelle

Stefan Zweig · 1943

Both explore isolation & survival

58% genome match