Books like The farming of bones
The farming of bones by Edwidge Danticat reads as somber, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The longest memory
Fred D'Aguiar · 1994
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69% genome match
Autobiographie de ma mère
Jamaica Kincaid · 1996
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69% genome match
Home
Toni Morrison · 2012
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Pet
Akwaeke Emezi · 2019
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El llano en llamas
Juan Rulfo · 1953
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Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson · 2019
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69% genome match
Briar Rose
Jane Yolen · 1992
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73% genome match
Oceano mare
Alessandro Baricco · 1993
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69% genome match
Corregidora
Gayl Jones · 1975
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A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
Anthony Marra · 2013
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71% genome match
The lucky ones
Julianne Pachico · 2017
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69% genome match
When the emperor was divine
Julie Otsuka · 2002
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69% genome match
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