Books like The Lincoln Highway
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles reads as warm, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens · 1850
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt · 2013
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Hired Girl
Laura Amy Schlitz · 2015
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss · 2007
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Evelina
Fanny Burney · 1778
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
World's Fair
E. L. Doctorow · 1985
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Middlesex
Jeffrey Eugenides · 2002
Shares the comingofage + vornate thread
69% genome match
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2019
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
72% genome match
The Once and Future King
T.H. White · 1958
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
A Prayer for Owen Meany
John Irving · 1989
Shares the lovetime thread
69% genome match
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · 1943
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Secret Life of Bees
Sue Monk Kidd · 2002
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
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