Books like The coldest winter ever
The coldest winter ever by Sister Souljah reads as gritty, raw. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas · 2017
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83% genome match
Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead · 2021
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69% genome match
Capitães da Areia
Jorge Leal Amado de Faria · 1937
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69% genome match
True to the Game
Teri Woods · 1994
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71% genome match
IQ
Joe Ide · 2016
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69% genome match
The Barrytown Trilogy
Roddy Doyle · 1992
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69% genome match
Junk
Melvin Burgess · 1996
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69% genome match
Golden boy
Clifford Odets · 1937
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69% genome match
Kestrel for a Knave
Barry Hines · 1968
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69% genome match
The runaway
Martina Cole · 2005
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69% genome match
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
August Wilson · 1985
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69% genome match
Death List
Donald Goines · 1974
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69% genome match
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