Books like Stoner
Stoner by John Williams reads as melancholic, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Train dreams
Denis Johnson · 2006
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69% genome match
Revolutionary Road
Richard Yates · 1961
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83% genome match
Walk me to the distance
Percival L. Everett · 1985
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69% genome match
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway · 1952
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69% genome match
The Snow Child
Eowyn Ivey · 2012
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69% genome match
East of the Mountains
David Guterson · 1999
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69% genome match
Hotel du Lac
Anita Brookner · 1984
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69% genome match
The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis · 1983
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69% genome match
The Bookshop
Penelope Fitzgerald · 1978
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69% genome match
Plainsong
Kent Haruf · 1999
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69% genome match
Ward six and other stories [6 stories]
Антон Павлович Чехов · 1965
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69% genome match
On the Beach
Nevil Shute
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69% genome match
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