Books like Uprooted

Uprooted by Naomi Novik reads as immersive, dark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A Wizard of Earthsea

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1968

Shares the comingofage + escape thread

83% genome match

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss · 2007

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

83% genome match

The Dragonbone Chair

Tad Williams · 1988

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

71% genome match

Assassin's Apprentice

Robin Hobb · 1995

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

74% genome match

The Giver

Lois Lowry · 1993

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Bone Gap

Laura Ruby · 2015

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

76% genome match

Fairy Tale

Stephen King · 2022

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Sabriel

Garth Nix · 1995

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

Among Others

Jo Walton · 2012

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Farthest Shore

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1972

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

76% genome match

Harpist in the wind

Patricia A. McKillip · 1979

Shares the vhypno thread

71% genome match

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt · 2013

Shares the escape + comingofage thread

69% genome match