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Books like The bite of the mango

The bite of the mango by Mariatu Kamara reads as harrowing, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

God grew tired of us cover
God grew tired of us
John Bul Dau · 2007
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83% genome match
Zlatin dnevnik cover
Zlatin dnevnik
Zlata Filipović · 1993
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73% genome match
The Hiding Place cover
The Hiding Place
Corrie ten Boom · 1971
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86% genome match
The lightless sky cover
The lightless sky
Gulwali Passarlay · 2015
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74% genome match
First They Killed My Father cover
First They Killed My Father
Loung Ung · 2000
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82% genome match
Slave cover
Slave
Mende Nazer · 2003
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69% genome match
With the Old Breed cover
With the Old Breed
E.B. Sledge · 2007
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80% genome match
Hiroshima diary cover
Hiroshima diary
Michihiko Hachiya · 1955
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82% genome match
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields cover
Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields
Dith Pran · 1997
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82% genome match
Nadzieja umiera ostatnia cover
Nadzieja umiera ostatnia
Halina Birenbaum · 1971
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81% genome match
Soldat oublié cover
Soldat oublié
Guy Sajer · 1971
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77% genome match
Barefoot Gen Vol. 4, Barefoot Gen Vol. 5 (Splitting Works needed) cover
Barefoot Gen Vol. 4, Barefoot Gen Vol. 5 (Splitting Works needed)
中沢 啓治 · 1978
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78% genome match

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