Books like The Diary of a Young Girl

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank reads as intimate, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Maus

Art Spiegelman · 1991

Both explore the holocaust

62% genome match

Anne Frank

Mirjam Pressler · 2000

Both explore adolescence & hope

66% genome match

Diary of a Young Girl.

Anne Frank · 1947

Both explore hope

69% genome match

Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank / Excerpts from Anne Frank)

Frances Goodrich · 1989

Both explore hope

60% genome match

Dreams from My Father

Barack Obama · 1995

Same memoir feel

60% genome match

Spinning

Tillie Walden

Same memoir feel

61% genome match

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou · 1969

Same memoir feel

55% genome match

The Liars' Club

Mary Karr

Same memoir feel

57% genome match

Kommandant in Auschwitz

Rudolf Höss · 1956

Same memoir feel

54% genome match

La Nuit

Elie Wiesel · 1955

Same memoir feel

52% genome match

Child of the Holocaust

Jack Kuper · 1967

Same memoir feel

54% genome match

Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi · 2000

Same memoir feel

54% genome match