Books like The Face on the Milk Carton
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney reads as suspenseful, unsettling. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Whatever Happened to Janie?
Caroline B. Cooney · 1993
Shares the human + unreliable thread
89% genome match
The Blind Mirror
Christopher Pike · 2003
Shares the human + unreliable thread
72% genome match
Locked in time
Lois Duncan · 1985
Shares the unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Hidden Child
Anne Cassidy · 1997
Shares the human + unreliable thread
77% genome match
Vanishing acts
Jodi Picoult · 2005
Shares the human + unreliable thread
74% genome match
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves
Karen Joy Fowler · 2013
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Fluke
James Herbert · 1977
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Blind Date
Robert Lawrence Stine · 1986
Shares the unreliable thread
69% genome match
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Book of Lost Names
Kristin Harmel · 2020
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
When Marnie Was There
Joan G. Robinson · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Adoration of Jenna Fox
Mary E. Pearson · 2008
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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