Books like The Miserable Mill

The Miserable Mill by Lemony Snicket reads as witty, dark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Bad Beginning

Lemony Snicket · 1999

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

100% genome match

The Reptile Room

Lemony Snicket · 1999

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

100% genome match

Matilda

Roald Dahl · 1988

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

My Sister, the Serial Killer

Oyinkan Braithwaite · 2018

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

70% genome match

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Ransom Riggs · 2011

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson · 1971

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Guards! Guards!

Terry Pratchett · 1989

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Douglas Adams · 1980

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Helen Fielding · 1999

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

A fit of shivers

Joan Aiken · 1990

Both explore mystery

53% genome match

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

Maria Semple · 2012

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut · 1973

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match