Books like 2666

2666 by Roberto Bolaño reads as sprawling, bleak. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Az ellenállás melankóliája

Krasznahorkai, László. · 1989

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Hogg

Samuel R. Delany · 1994

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Quicksilver

Neal Stephenson · 2003

Both explore history

62% genome match

Sobre héroes y tumbas

Ernesto Sabato · 1961

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis · 1991

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Los detectives salvajes

Roberto Bolaño · 1998

Same literary feel

56% genome match

The place of dead roads

William S. Burroughs · 1983

Both explore identity & violence

61% genome match

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace · 1996

Same literary feel

54% genome match

Rayuela

Julio Cortázar · 1963

Both explore identity

53% genome match

V.

Thomas Pynchon

Both explore identity & history

57% genome match

Agape Agape

William Gaddis · 1997

Same literary feel

56% genome match

Underworld

Don DeLillo

Both explore history

83% genome match