Books like The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce reads as warm, bittersweet. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Midnight Library
Matt Haig · 2020
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Anxious People
Fredrik Backman · 2019
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman · 2017
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The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
Gabrielle Zevin · 2014
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83% genome match
The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune · 2020
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69% genome match
The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams · 2021
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69% genome match
Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus · 2022
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69% genome match
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell · 1877
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69% genome match
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White · 1952
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69% genome match
The Authenticity Project
Clare Pooley · 2020
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69% genome match
Baking cakes in Kigali
Gaile Parkin · 2009
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Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Grace Lin · 2009
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69% genome match
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