Books like The Fault in Our Stars

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green reads as emotional, bittersweet. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Looking for Alaska

John Green · 2005

Shares the meaning + grief thread

71% genome match

They Both Die at the End

Adam Silvera · 2017

Shares the human + grief thread

69% genome match

The Measure

Nikki Erlick · 2022

Shares the human + grief thread

69% genome match

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca · 65

Shares the meaning + human thread

69% genome match

Everything, Everything

Nicola Yoon

Both explore love

72% genome match

The Notebook

Nicholas Sparks · 1996

Shares the human + grief thread

69% genome match

Charlotte's Web

E.B. White · 1952

Shares the human + grief thread

69% genome match

Love and Other Words

Christina Lauren · 2018

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

The Plague

Albert Camus · 1947

Shares the human + grief thread

69% genome match

The sky is everywhere

Jandy Nelson · 2010

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

Benjamin Alire Saenz · 2012

Same ya feel

62% genome match

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom · 2003

Shares the grief + meaning thread

69% genome match