Books like The Things We Cannot Say

The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer reads as emotional, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Before We Were Yours

Lisa Wingate · 2016

Both explore resilience

71% genome match

The Alice network

Kate Quinn · 2017

Both explore world war ii & resilience

83% genome match

Orphan train

Christina Baker Kline · 2012

Both explore resilience

69% genome match

The Nightingale

Kristin Hannah · 2015

Both explore sacrifice

83% genome match

Sarah's Key

Tatiana de Rosnay · 2006

Both explore family secrets

64% genome match

The Book of Lost Names

Kristin Harmel · 2020

Both explore sacrifice

62% genome match

Beneath a Scarlet Sky

Mark T. Sullivan · 2017

Both explore world war ii & love

63% genome match

Paris Library

Janet Skeslien Charles · 2020

Same historical feel

59% genome match

The Madonnas of Leningrad

Debra Dean · 2006

Both explore resilience

60% genome match

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

Heather Morris · 2018

Both explore love

54% genome match

Lovely War

Julie Berry · 2019

Both explore love & sacrifice

58% genome match

Out of the Easy

Ruta Sepetys · 2013

Same historical feel

56% genome match