Books like The hearing trumpet

The hearing trumpet by Leonora Carrington reads as whimsical, subversive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Facts In The Case Of The Departure Of Miss Finch

Neil Gaiman · 2006

Both explore identity & surrealism

70% genome match

The house of fear

Leonora Carrington · 1988

Both explore surrealism & identity

65% genome match

The passion

Jeanette Winterson · 1987

Both explore identity

59% genome match

The dyke and the dybbuk

Ellen Galford · 1993

Same fantasy feel

58% genome match

Historias de cronopios y de famas

Julio Cortázar · 1962

Both explore surrealism

68% genome match

American Ghosts and Old World Wonders

Angela Carter · 1993

Both explore identity

69% genome match

My neighbor Totoro

Hayao Miyazaki · 1992

Same fantasy feel

49% genome match

La última niebla

María Luisa Bombal · 1941

Same literary feel

49% genome match

Krótka historia Stowarzyszenia Nieurodziwych Dziewuch

Helen Oyeyemi · 2016

Both explore identity

64% genome match

There but for the

Ali Smith · 2011

Both explore identity

61% genome match

The Third Policeman

Flann O'Brien · 1967

Both explore identity

60% genome match

Momo oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachte

Michael Ende · 1973

Same fantasy feel

60% genome match