Books like The upstairs room

The upstairs room by Johanna Reiss reads as poignant, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Anne Frank remembered

Miep Gies · 1987

Shares the quest thread

85% genome match

In my hands

Irene Gut Opdyke · 1999

Shares the quest thread

77% genome match

Gertruda's oath

Ram Oren · 2009

Shares the quest thread

69% genome match

Renia's Diary

Renia Spiegel · 2019

Both explore war & holocaust

80% genome match

Zlatin dnevnik

Zlata Filipović · 1993

Both explore war & survival

73% genome match

Brothers in battle, best of friends

William Guarnere · 2007

Shares the quest thread

74% genome match

I Will Plant You a Lilac Tree

Laura Hillman · 2003

Both explore holocaust & survival

74% genome match

Upon the Head of the Goat

Aranka Siegal · 1968

Both explore holocaust & survival

73% genome match

Eva's story

Eva Schloss · 1988

Both explore holocaust & survival

74% genome match

Year of Goodbyes

Debbie Levy · 2015

Both explore holocaust & war

73% genome match

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

Livia Bitton-Jackson · 1997

Both explore holocaust & survival

68% genome match

La tregua

Primo Levi · 1963

Shares the quest thread

71% genome match