Books like The night diary

The night diary by Veera Hiranandani reads as poignant, historical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Inside Out & Back Again

Thanhha Lai · 2011

Shares the escape + vspare thread

83% genome match

Under the Broken Sky

Mariko Nagai · 2019

Shares the escape + vspare thread

86% genome match

Out of the Dust

Karen Hesse · 1997

Shares the escape + vspare thread

77% genome match

Full cicada moon

Marilyn Hilton · 2015

Shares the escape + vspare thread

69% genome match

The Breadwinner

Deborah Ellis · 2000

Shares the escape + vspare thread

80% genome match

Under the feet of Jesus

Helena María Viramontes · 1995

Shares the escape + vspare thread

72% genome match

The war that Saved my Life

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley · 2015

Shares the escape + vspare thread

74% genome match

Addy's Surprise

Connie Rose Porter · 1993

Shares the escape + vspare thread

75% genome match

When the emperor was divine

Julie Otsuka · 2002

Shares the escape + vspare thread

74% genome match

The clay marble

Minfong Ho · 1991

Shares the escape thread

73% genome match

Good-bye Marianne

Irene N. Watts · 1995

Shares the escape + vspare thread

77% genome match

Under the blood-red sun

Graham Salisbury · 1994

Shares the escape + vspare thread

72% genome match