Books like The Dictionary of Lost Words

The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams reads as thoughtful, empowering. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox

Maggie O'Farrell · 2006

Same literary feel

58% genome match

Grief is the thing with feathers

Max Porter · 2015

Same literary feel

57% genome match

Once upon a river

Diane Setterfield · 2018

Same literary feel

58% genome match

The Light Between Oceans

M.L. Stedman · 2012

Same literary feel

58% genome match

Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 2008

Both explore feminism & love

69% genome match

A Noite do Tigre

Yangsze Choo · 2019

Same historical feel

54% genome match

Violeta

Isabel Allende · 2022

Both explore love & feminism

68% genome match

Atonement

Ian McEwan · 2001

Both explore class & love

66% genome match

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847

Both explore love & feminism

65% genome match

The History Boys

Alan Bennett · 2004

Both explore history & class

69% genome match

The Hired Girl

Laura Amy Schlitz · 2015

Both explore class & feminism

64% genome match

Le petit prince

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1943

Both explore love

62% genome match