Books like Wilder Girls

Wilder Girls by Rory Power reads as dark, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Our Wives Under the Sea

Julia Armfield

Both explore secrets

60% genome match

The Hellbound Heart

Clive Barker

Both explore secrets

73% genome match

Lasher

Anne Rice

Both explore secrets

73% genome match

Dead in the Water

Nancy Holder · 2011

Both explore survival & secrets

77% genome match

The Spirit Bares Its Teeth

Andrew Joseph White · 2023

Both explore body horror

69% genome match

The kingdom of little wounds

Susann Cokal · 2013

Both explore survival & body horror

71% genome match

Through the Woods

Emily Carroll · 2014

Both explore isolation & body horror

68% genome match

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

Both explore survival

66% genome match

The Little Stranger

Sarah Waters

Both explore secrets

66% genome match

Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century

Kim Fu · 2022

Both explore isolation

66% genome match

A Study in Drowning

Ava Reid · 2023

Same ya feel

67% genome match

The Secret Place

Tana French

Both explore friendship & secrets

63% genome match