Books like The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro reads as melancholic, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Giver
Lois Lowry · 1993
Shares the quiet + escape thread
69% genome match
A Pale View of Hills
Kazuo Ishiguro · 1982
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
Held
Hisham Matar · 2024
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney · 2017
Shares the quiet + escape thread
83% genome match
A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968
Shares the quiet + escape thread
69% genome match
The Sense of an Ending
Julian Barnes · 2011
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
If Not, Winter
Sappho · 2002
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
The Body Artist
Don DeLillo
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
Exit West
Mohsin Hamid · 2017
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
A Sport and a Pastime
James Salter · 2002
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
Snow Country
Yasunari Kawabata · 1948
Shares the quiet + vspare thread
69% genome match
Howards End
E.M. Forster · 1910
Shares the escape thread
69% genome match
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