Books like The smell of apples
The smell of apples by Mark Behr reads as somber, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Too late the phalarope
Alan Paton · 1950
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69% genome match
Tsotsi
Athol Fugard · 1980
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69% genome match
In a Free State
V. S. Naipaul · 2002
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69% genome match
July's People
Nadine Gordimer · 1981
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69% genome match
Disgrace
J.M. Coetzee · 1999
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83% genome match
Empire of the Sun
J. G. Ballard · 1984
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70% genome match
De aanslag
Harry Mulisch · 1982
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69% genome match
The farming of bones
Edwidge Danticat · 1998
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69% genome match
Point Omega
Don DeLillo
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69% genome match
The beautiful screaming of pigs
Damon Galgut · 1991
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69% genome match
Black rain
Ibuse, Masuji · 1969
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69% genome match
Briar Rose
Jane Yolen · 1992
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69% genome match
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