Books like The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky reads as bittersweet, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
That was then, this is now
S. E. Hinton · 1971
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
72% genome match
Summer Sisters
Judy Blume · 1998
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
72% genome match
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Roddy Doyle
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
77% genome match
It's Like This, Cat
Emily Cheney Neville · 1992
Shares the escape + foundfamily thread
71% genome match
Darius the Great Is Not Okay
Adib Khorram
Shares the escape + foundfamily thread
72% genome match
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Erika L. Sánchez
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Reivers
William Faulkner
Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread
69% genome match
A Separate Peace
John Knowles · 1959
Shares the comingofage + escape thread
69% genome match
13
James Howe · 2003
Shares the foundfamily + comingofage thread
69% genome match
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · 1943
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Princess Academy
Shannon Hale · 2005
Shares the escape + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
The Battle of the Labyrinth
Rick Riordan · 2008
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
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