Books like The girl who fell from the sky

The girl who fell from the sky by Heidi W. Durrow reads as poignant, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Black Cake

Charmaine Wilkerson · 2022

Both explore family secrets & identity

73% genome match

Stay with me

Ayòbámi Adébáyò · 2017

Both explore family secrets

70% genome match

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi · 2020

Both explore identity & grief

70% genome match

Half of a Yellow Sun

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2006

Both explore identity

53% genome match

The Vanishing Half

Brit Bennett · 2020

Both explore identity & race

83% genome match

Black Kids

Christina Hammonds Reed · 2020

Both explore race & identity

67% genome match

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini · 2007

Same literary feel

61% genome match

Belle Prater's boy

Ruth White · 1996

Both explore family secrets & grief

82% genome match

Little Bee

Chris Cleave · 2008

Both explore trauma & identity

64% genome match

Red at the Bone

Jacqueline Woodson · 2019

Both explore race & identity

63% genome match

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo · 2019

Both explore race & identity

61% genome match

Une si longue lettre

Mariama Bâ · 1980

Both explore grief

60% genome match