Books like The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon reads as intimate, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

79% genome match

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

The House on Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

72% genome match

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

83% genome match

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

It's Not Summer Without You

Jenny Han · 2011

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Poet X

Elizabeth Acevedo

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Northanger Abbey

Jane Austen · 1817

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Kate Douglas Wiggin

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Titan's Curse

Rick Riordan · 2007

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Marriage Plot

Jeffrey Eugenides · 2011

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

83% genome match

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 1943

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match