Books like A rumor of war

A rumor of war by Philip Caputo reads as gritty, somber. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Chickenhawk

Mason, Robert · 1983

Both explore vietnam war & trauma

82% genome match

With the Old Breed

E.B. Sledge · 2007

Both explore trauma

73% genome match

Bloods

Wallace Terry · 1984

Both explore vietnam war & trauma

74% genome match

Dear America

Bernard Edelman · 1985

Both explore vietnam war & trauma

73% genome match

Home before morning

Lynda Van Devanter · 1983

Both explore vietnam war & trauma

70% genome match

Don't mean nothing

Susan O'Neill · 2001

Both explore vietnam war & trauma

66% genome match

Dispatches

Michael Herr · 1977

Both explore trauma

83% genome match

If I die in a combat zone box me up and ship me home

Tim O'Brien · 1969

Both explore morality

54% genome match

War

Sebastian Junger · 2010

Both explore combat & trauma

63% genome match

Born on the Fourth of July

Ron Kovic · 1976

Both explore disillusionment

65% genome match

Emergency Sex (and Other Desperate Measures)

Kenneth Cain · 2004

Both explore disillusionment

59% genome match

Island of blood

Anita Pratap · 2001

Both explore trauma

58% genome match