Books like To Sir, with love

To Sir, with love by E. R. Braithwaite reads as hopeful, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A choice of weapons

Gordon Parks · 1966

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Life is so good

Dawson, George · 2000

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Kaffir Boy

Mark Mathabane · 1986

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou · 1969

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Bad Boy

Walter Dean Myers · 2001

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Coming of Age in Mississippi

Anne Moody · 1968

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Both explore racism & identity

72% genome match

Farewell to Manzanar

Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston · 1758

Both explore racism & identity

72% genome match

Roots

Alex Haley · 1861

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Nigger

Dick Gregory · 1965

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Manchild in the promised land

Claude Brown · 1937

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

When I was Puerto Rican

Esmeralda Santiago · 1993

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match