Books like We are okay

We are okay by Nina LaCour reads as melancholic, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The five stages of Andrew Brawley

Shaun David Hutchinson · 2015

Shares the grief + comingofage thread

79% genome match

I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali · 2022

Shares the grief + comingofage thread

69% genome match

The Pigman's Legacy

Paul Zindel · 1980

Shares the grief + comingofage thread

72% genome match

How to breathe underwater

Julie Orringer · 2003

Shares the grief + comingofage thread

72% genome match

Life

Mal Peet · 2011

Shares the grief + comingofage thread

73% genome match

Amrita

吉本 ばなな · 1994

Shares the grief + vspare thread

86% genome match

The sky is everywhere

Jandy Nelson · 2010

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

When Marnie Was There

Joan G. Robinson · 2002

Shares the grief + comingofage thread

80% genome match

How It Feels to Float

Helena Fox · 2019

Shares the comingofage thread

76% genome match

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness · 2011

Shares the grief + vspare thread

76% genome match

This One Summer

Mariko Tamaki · 2014

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

77% genome match

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Peter Cameron · 2007

Shares the comingofage + vspare thread

69% genome match