Books like The Wave

The Wave by Todd Strasser reads as cautionary, intense. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Sofia Petrovna

Лидия Корнеевна Чуковская · 1988

Same historical feel

56% genome match

Noughts and Crosses Royal Shakespeare Company Adaptation

Malorie Blackman · 2007

Same ya feel

58% genome match

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Suzanne Collins · 2020

Same ya feel

47% genome match

Animal Farm / Nineteen Eighty-Four

George Orwell · 1978

Same historical feel

50% genome match

Fallen angels

Walter Dean Myers · 1984

Same ya feel

62% genome match

The Silver Sword

Ian Serraillier · 1956

Same historical feel

58% genome match

Between Shades of Gray

Ruta Sepetys · 1999

Same historical feel

58% genome match

The grounding of Group 6

Julian F. Thompson · 1983

Both explore conformity & authority

59% genome match

Im Westen nichts Neues

Erich Maria Remarque · 1928

Same historical feel

56% genome match

Válka s mloky

Karel Čapek · 1936

Both explore fascism

59% genome match

The Orphan Master's Son

Adam Johnson · 2012

Same historical feel

41% genome match

In Search of April Raintree

Beatrice Mosionier · 1983

Same drama feel

60% genome match