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Books like This Is How You Lose Her

This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz reads as wry, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Drown cover
Drown
Junot Díaz
Shares the vvoice thread
78% genome match
Lot cover
Lot
Bryan Washington
Shares the vvoice thread
72% genome match
A Raisin in the Sun cover
A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry · 1995
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69% genome match
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom cover
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
August Wilson · 1985
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Republic of East LA cover
The Republic of East LA
Luis J. Rodriguez · 2002
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69% genome match
Ruby cover
Ruby
Rosa Guy · 1976
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69% genome match
God Help the Child cover
God Help the Child
Toni Morrison
Both explore family & identity
78% genome match
The ways of white folks cover
The ways of white folks
Langston Hughes · 1934
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
145th Street cover
145th Street
Walter Dean Myers · 2000
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass cover
Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass
Meg Medina · 2013
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Joy Luck Club cover
The Joy Luck Club
Amy Tan · 1989
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963 cover
The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963
Christopher Paul Curtis · 1963
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match

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