Books like Tell the wolves I'm home

Tell the wolves I'm home by Carol Rifka Brunt reads as poignant, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The carnival at Bray

Jessie Ann Foley · 2014

Both explore grief & coming-of-age

75% genome match

I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali · 2022

Both explore grief

68% genome match

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Both explore grief

64% genome match

How It Feels to Float

Helena Fox · 2019

Both explore grief

63% genome match

Stargirl

Jerry Spinelli · 2000

Same ya feel

62% genome match

If I Stay

Gayle Forman · 2009

Both explore grief

61% genome match

Dear nobody

Berlie Doherty · 1991

Both explore family secrets

64% genome match

You've Reached Sam

Dustin Thao · 2021

Both explore grief

58% genome match

The porcupine of truth

Bill Konigsberg · 2015

Both explore grief & family secrets

64% genome match

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

Both explore coming-of-age

61% genome match

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Jesse Andrews · 2012

Both explore coming-of-age & grief

59% genome match

Where Things Come Back

John Corey Whaley · 2011

Both explore grief & coming-of-age

64% genome match