Books like What Katy Did

What Katy Did by Susan Coolidge reads as wholesome, didactic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Little Women and Good Wives

Louisa May Alcott · 1879

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

Anne of Green Gables

L.M. Montgomery · 1908

Shares the escape thread

83% genome match

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Betty Smith · 1943

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

The story of a bad boy

Thomas Bailey Aldrich · 1869

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Johnnie's Blitz

Bernard Ashley · 1999

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

The Midwife's Apprentice

Karen Cushman · 1995

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky · 1999

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Summer Sisters

Judy Blume · 1998

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

Erika L. Sánchez

Shares the escape + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Little House on the Prairie

Laura Ingalls Wilder · 1935

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match

What Katy Did Next (Best Loved Stories)

Susan Coolidge · 1886

Shares the escape thread

69% genome match