Books like Wonder
Wonder by R.J. Palacio reads as warm, emotional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Love, Stargirl
Jerry Spinelli · 2007
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
American Born Chinese
Gene Luen Yang · 2006
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
The Reivers
William Faulkner
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers · 2023
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
New Kid
Jerry Craft · 2019
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs · 2011
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
Icebreaker
Hannah Grace · 2022
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky · 1999
Shares the foundfamily + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride · 2023
Shares the hopeful + foundfamily thread
69% genome match
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling · 1894
Shares the foundfamily + outsider thread
69% genome match
Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender
Shares the foundfamily + hopeful thread
69% genome match
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