Books like We Were Liars
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart reads as melancholic, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
When the emperor was divine
Julie Otsuka · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The different girl
Gordon Dahlquist · 2013
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Strange Shores
Arnaldur Indridason · 2010
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Body Artist
Don DeLillo
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Witch Elm
Tana French · 2018
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Emperor of Gladness
Ocean Vuong · 2025
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro · 2021
Shares the human + vspare thread
69% genome match
I am the Cheese
Robert Cormier · 1977
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Three tall women
Edward Albee · 1995
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro · 2009
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Amrita
吉本 ばなな · 1994
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Out of the Dark
Patrick Modiano · 1998
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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