Books like Ways of dying

Ways of dying by Zakes Mda reads as melancholic, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1981

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Dreams Underfoot

Charles de Lint · 1993

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la Llorona

Gloria Anzaldúa · 1995

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Elevation

Stephen King

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Keeper

Mal Peet · 2003

Both explore storytelling & identity

61% genome match

Dream Wheels

Richard Wagamese · 2006

Shares the hopeful thread

77% genome match

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Heart of the Sea

Nora Roberts · 2000

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Mockingbird

Kathryn Erskine · 2010

Shares the hopeful thread

71% genome match

The Alchemist

Paulo Coelho · 1988

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match