Books like There There

There There by Tommy Orange reads as gritty, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Lot

Bryan Washington

Both explore identity & family

73% genome match

Sabrina & Corina

Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Both explore family & community

73% genome match

God Help the Child

Toni Morrison

Both explore family & identity

63% genome match

Afterparties

Anthony Veasna So

Both explore community & identity

65% genome match

Friday Black

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Both explore trauma

63% genome match

This Is How You Lose Her

Junot Díaz

Both explore identity & family

80% genome match

Sing, Unburied, Sing

Jesmyn Ward

Both explore family & trauma

63% genome match

The Office of Historical Corrections

Danielle Evans

Both explore history & identity

62% genome match

Firekeeper's Daughter

Angeline Boulley

Both explore identity & community

62% genome match

The Underground Railroad (Television Tie-in)

Colson Whitehead · 2021

Both explore history & trauma

73% genome match

How High We Go in the Dark

Sequoia Nagamatsu

Both explore family

56% genome match

The Help

Kathryn Stockett · 2009

Same literary feel

52% genome match