Books like The Lover's Dictionary
The Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan reads as reflective, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Details
Ia Genberg · 2022
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Out of the Dark
Patrick Modiano · 1998
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh · 2020
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
When the emperor was divine
Julie Otsuka · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
A lie of the mind
Sam Shepard · 1986
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong · 2022
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
I am the Cheese
Robert Cormier · 1977
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Iain Reid · 2016
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Ice haven
Daniel Clowes · 2005
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Swimming in the Dark
Tomasz Jedrowski · 2020
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
A Sport and a Pastime
James Salter · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Jesus' Son
Denis Johnson
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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