Books like The Bone People

The Bone People by Keri Hulme reads as raw, intense. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Cereus blooms at night

Shani Mootoo · 1996

Both explore identity & abuse

70% genome match

Mysterious skin

Scott Heim · 1995

Both explore abuse & identity

65% genome match

The gutter in the sky

Jean Genet · 1948

Both explore identity

64% genome match

A Girl Is a Half-formed Thing

Eimear McBride · 2013

Both explore identity & abuse

65% genome match

No confession, no mass

Jennifer Perrine · 2015

Both explore identity & abuse

66% genome match

Long Day's Journey Into Night

Eugene O'Neill · 1956

Both explore identity

42% genome match

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi · 2020

Both explore identity & family

63% genome match

I Know This Much Is True

Wally Lamb · 1998

Both explore identity

62% genome match

The man who fell in love with the moon

Tom Spanbauer · 1991

Both explore identity

62% genome match

Fall On Your Knees:A Novel

Ann-Marie MacDonald · 1996

Both explore identity & abuse

62% genome match

De avond is ongemak

Marieke Lucas Rijneveld · 2018

Same literary feel

62% genome match

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