Books like A Brief History of Seven Killings

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James reads as dark, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

Shares the vvoice thread

78% genome match

Libra

Don DeLillo · 1991

Shares the power thread

76% genome match

The book of night women

Marlon James · 2009

Shares the vvoice thread

72% genome match

Tree of Smoke

Denis Johnson

Shares the power thread

75% genome match

The great Indian novel

Shashi Tharoor · 1989

Shares the power thread

69% genome match

Flags on the Bayou

James Lee Burke

Shares the power thread

71% genome match

All the King's Men

Robert Penn Warren

Shares the power thread

69% genome match

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Ken Kesey · 1962

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Europe Central

William T. Vollmann

Shares the power thread

71% genome match

Long Knives

Irvine Welsh · 2022

Shares the power + vvoice thread

69% genome match

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie · 2006

Shares the power + vvoice thread

69% genome match

La casa verde

Mario Vargas Llosa · 1966

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match