Books like The Boys in the Band
The Boys in the Band by Mart Crowley reads as raw, bitter. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee · 1962
Shares the vvoice thread
83% genome match
Fruit
Brian Francis · 2004
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
About a Boy
Nick Hornby · 1998
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Heidi chronicles
Wendy Wasserstein · 1988
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
American Gods
Neil Gaiman · 2001
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Jesse Andrews · 2012
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Poor Super Man
Brad Fraser · 1995
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Swing Time
Zadie Smith · 2017
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Putting makeup on the fat boy
Bil Wright · 2011
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie · 2007
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Kissing Kate
Lauren Myracle · 2003
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Suicide notes
Michael Thomas Ford · 2008
Shares the comingofage + vvoice thread
69% genome match
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