Books like Things Not Seen

Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements reads as curious, earnest. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

My Teacher Is an Alien

Bruce Coville · 1989

Both explore identity & friendship

71% genome match

Crash

Jerry Spinelli · 1996

Both explore friendship & identity

67% genome match

Memoirs of an invisible man

H. F. Saint · 1987

Both explore invisibility & identity

69% genome match

Journey to the Centre of the Earth

Jules Verne · 2006

Same sci-fi feel

64% genome match

Dr. Franklin's Island

Ann Halam · 2002

Both explore identity & friendship

64% genome match

The Cave of Time

Edward Packard · 1979

Both explore mystery

63% genome match

Rocket Ship Galileo

Robert A. Heinlein · 1947

Same sci-fi feel

62% genome match

When the Tripods Came (The Tripods #0.5)

Sam Youd · 1988

Same sci-fi feel

62% genome match

Prisoner of time

Caroline B. Cooney · 1998

Both explore identity

63% genome match

The Invisible Man

H. G. Wells

Both explore identity

83% genome match

Restart

Gordon Korman · 2017

Both explore identity

60% genome match

The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1900

Same sci-fi feel

56% genome match