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

John Bul Dau · 2007

Shares the history thread

83% genome match

Zlatin dnevnik

Zlata Filipović · 1993

Shares the history thread

73% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

Shares the history thread

86% genome match

The lightless sky

Gulwali Passarlay · 2015

Shares the history thread

74% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Shares the history thread

82% genome match

Slave

Mende Nazer · 2003

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

With the Old Breed

E.B. Sledge · 2007

Shares the history thread

80% genome match

Hiroshima diary

Michihiko Hachiya · 1955

Shares the history thread

82% genome match

Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields

Dith Pran · 1997

Shares the history thread

82% genome match

Nadzieja umiera ostatnia

Halina Birenbaum · 1971

Shares the history thread

81% genome match

Soldat oublié

Guy Sajer · 1971

Shares the history thread

77% genome match

Barefoot Gen Vol. 4, Barefoot Gen Vol. 5 (Splitting Works needed)

中沢 啓治 · 1978

Shares the history thread

78% genome match