Books like You've Reached Sam

You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao reads as melancholic, tender. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Who I Was with Her

Nita Tyndall · 2020

Shares the grief thread

77% genome match

I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali · 2022

Shares the grief thread

71% genome match

The sky is everywhere

Jandy Nelson · 2010

Shares the grief thread

75% genome match

We are okay

Nina LaCour · 2017

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

They Both Die at the End

Adam Silvera · 2017

Shares the grief thread

83% genome match

Amrita

吉本 ばなな · 1994

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness · 2011

Shares the grief thread

71% genome match

The five stages of Andrew Brawley

Shaun David Hutchinson · 2015

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

Aristotle and Dante discover the secrets of the universe

Benjamin Alire Sáenz · 2012

Both explore first love

69% genome match

The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe · 1845

Shares the grief thread

69% genome match

All the Bright Places

Jennifer Niven

Both explore grief

66% genome match

Zac and Mia

A. J. Betts · 2013

Both explore first love & healing

72% genome match