Books like When We Were Orphans
When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro reads as immersive, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Blackouts
Justin Torres
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Enciklopedija mrtvih
Danilo Kiš · 1983
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Things They Carried
Tim O'Brien · 1990
Shares the history + quiet thread
72% genome match
Any human heart
William Boyd · 2002
Shares the human + unreliable thread
70% genome match
Tales from Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The English Patient
Michael Ondaatje · 1992
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Waterland
Graham Swift · 1983
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Property
Rutu Modan
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
A Perfect Spy
John le Carré
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Open city
Teju Cole · 2011
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Empire of Silence
Christopher Ruocchio
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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