Books like The Girl with Seven Names

The Girl with Seven Names by Hyeonseo Lee reads as harrowing, resilient. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The aquariums of Pyongyang

Kang Chol-Hwan · 2005

Both explore north korea & human rights

83% genome match

In Order to Live

Yeonmi Park · 2015

Both explore survival & freedom

83% genome match

Escape from Camp 14

Blaine Harden · 2012

Both explore survival & freedom

83% genome match

Life and death in Shanghai

Nien Cheng · 1986

Both explore survival & human rights

76% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Both explore survival & family

73% genome match

Nothing to envy

Barbara Demick · 2009

Both explore north korea & human rights

83% genome match

La prisonniere

Malika Oufkir · 1980

Both explore survival & human rights

76% genome match

Tears of the Desert

Halima Bashir · 2008

Both explore human rights & survival

75% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

Both explore survival

69% genome match

Papillon

Henri Charrière · 1969

Both explore escape & freedom

69% genome match

Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom, or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery

William Craft · 1860

Both explore freedom & human rights

73% genome match

a promise to nadia

Zana Muhsen · 1991

Both explore human rights & escape

71% genome match