Books like The art of starving

The art of starving by Sam J. Miller reads as dark, intense. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Into the Grey

Celine Kiernan · 2011

Both explore grief

56% genome match

Burn Our Bodies Down

Rory Power · 2020

Both explore queer identity

56% genome match

The five stages of Andrew Brawley

Shaun David Hutchinson · 2015

Both explore grief

48% genome match

Looking at the stars

Jo Cotterill · 2014

Both explore grief & mental health

50% genome match

Thirteen reasons why

Jay Asher · 2007

Both explore bullying & mental health

57% genome match

Life

Mal Peet · 2011

Both explore grief

48% genome match

A Madness So Discreet

Mindy McGinnis · 2015

Same ya feel

46% genome match

The dead I know

Scot Gardner · 2011

Both explore grief

45% genome match

A thief in the house of memory

Tim Wynne-Jones · 2004

Same ya feel

44% genome match

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