Books like The Idiot
The Idiot by Elif Batuman reads as witty, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
How to breathe underwater
Julie Orringer · 2003
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon · 2003
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
83% genome match
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson · 1985
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
I Capture the Castle
Dodie Smith · 1948
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Northanger Abbey
Jane Austen · 1817
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Summer I Turned Pretty Trilogy
Jenny Han · 2009
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Flora & Ulysses
Kate DiCamillo · 2013
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Normal People
Sally Rooney · 2018
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
83% genome match
The Year of the Griffin
Diana Wynne Jones · 2000
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Unaccustomed Earth
Jhumpa Lahiri
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
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