Books like A year in Provence

A year in Provence by Peter Mayle reads as charming, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

French Lessons

Peter Mayle · 2001

Both explore expat life & travel

75% genome match

The overloaded ark

Gerald Malcolm Durrell · 1953

Both explore travel & humor

73% genome match

Round Ireland with a fridge

Tony Hawks · 1998

Both explore travel & humor

70% genome match

Getting Stoned With Savages

J. Maarten Troost · 2006

Both explore travel & humor

66% genome match

Tuva or bust!

Ralph Leighton · 1991

Both explore travel

67% genome match

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Richard P. Feynman · 1985

Both explore humor

61% genome match

The Know-It-All

Jacobs, A. J. · 2004

Both explore humor

62% genome match

All Things Wise and Wonderful (All Creatures Great and Small #5-6)

James Herriot · 1975

Both explore rural life & humor

62% genome match

The Sweet Life in Paris

David Lebovitz · 2009

Both explore humor

63% genome match

How to be a Brit

George Mikes · 1986

Both explore humor

62% genome match

What If?

Randall Munroe · 2014

Both explore humor

57% genome match

Around the World in Eighty Days

Michael Palin · 1989

Both explore travel

62% genome match