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The Accidental by Ali Smith reads as witty, playful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

There but for the cover
There but for the
Ali Smith · 2011
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
The Promise cover
The Promise
Damon Galgut · 2021
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Cloud 9 cover
Cloud 9
Caryl Churchill · 1983
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
The stone gods cover
The stone gods
Jeanette Winterson · 2007
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
No One Is Talking About This cover
No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Jazz cover
Jazz
Toni Morrison
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Trigger Warning cover
Trigger Warning
Neil Gaiman
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69% genome match
Lady Oracle cover
Lady Oracle
Margaret Atwood
Both explore identity & art
62% genome match
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close cover
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Jonathan Safran Foer · 2005
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Pond cover
Pond
Claire-Louise Bennett · 2015
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Night Film cover
Night Film
Marisha Pessl · 2013
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match
Hell of a Book cover
Hell of a Book
Jason Mott
Shares the vhypno thread
69% genome match

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