Books like Tom Lake

Tom Lake by Ann Patchett reads as warm, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Three Junes

Julia Glass

Shares the human + unreliable thread

80% genome match

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

David Wroblewski · 2008

Shares the human + unreliable thread

73% genome match

Dear Life

Alice Munro

Shares the human + unreliable thread

80% genome match

Divisadero

Michael Ondaatje · 2007

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

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Marilynne Robinson · 2024

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

Stone Yard Devotional

Charlotte Wood

Shares the human + unreliable thread

69% genome match

The Spectator Bird

Wallace Stegner

Shares the human + unreliable thread

76% genome match

Commonwealth

Ann Patchett · 2016

Shares the human + unreliable thread

76% genome match

The Sportswriter

Richard Ford

Shares the human + unreliable thread

74% genome match

Any human heart

William Boyd · 2002

Shares the human + unreliable thread

74% genome match

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield

Shares the human + unreliable thread

70% genome match

When Marnie Was There

Joan G. Robinson · 2002

Shares the human + unreliable thread

70% genome match