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Tyrell by Coe Booth reads as gritty, realistic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Street Love
Walter Dean Myers · 2006
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
73% genome match
That was then, this is now
S. E. Hinton · 1971
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
73% genome match
Ruby
Rosa Guy · 1976
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
76% genome match
Drown
Junot Díaz
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie · 2007
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Bud, Not Buddy
Christopher Paul Curtis · 2001
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Lot
Bryan Washington
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
It's Like This, Cat
Emily Cheney Neville · 1992
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Lawn boy
Jonathan Evison · 2018
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
Burn baby burn
Meg Medina · 2016
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Bed and Breakfast Star
Jacqueline Wilson · 1994
Shares the escape + vvoice thread
82% genome match
A star called Henry
Roddy Doyle · 1999
Shares the escape + comingofage thread
69% genome match
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