Books like Ties that bind, ties that break

Ties that bind, ties that break by Lensey Namioka reads as reflective, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Khaled Hosseini · 2007

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

The Mountains Sing

Nguyen Phan Que Mai · 2020

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

How the García girls lost their accents

Julia Alvarez · 1991

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Lisa See · 2005

Both explore china

83% genome match

Pachinko

Min Jin Lee · 2017

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Across Five Aprils

Irene Hunt · 1964

Shares the escape thread

72% genome match

Out of the Easy

Ruta Sepetys · 2013

Shares the escape thread

71% genome match

Kira-kira

Cynthia Kadohata · 2004

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

One crazy summer

Rita Williams-Garcia · 2010

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

An American Brat

Bapsi Sidhwa · 1993

Shares the escape thread

73% genome match

When my name was Keoko

Linda Sue Park · 2002

Shares the escape thread

70% genome match

Morning Girl

Michael Dorris · 1992

Shares the escape thread

70% genome match