Books like All the President's Men

All the President's Men by Carl Bernstein reads as urgent, factual. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Ten days in a mad-house

Nellie Bly · 1905

Both explore investigative journalism

67% genome match

Propaganda and the public mind

Noam Chomsky · 2001

Both explore power & democracy

69% genome match

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

Among the thugs

Bill Buford · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup · 1853

Same historical feel

61% genome match

Relato de un náufrago

Gabriel García Márquez · 1970

Both explore truth

62% genome match

The fall of Yugoslavia

Misha Glenny · 1992

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

Facing unpleasant facts

George Orwell · 1999

Both explore truth

65% genome match

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly · 2016

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn · 1980

Both explore power

59% genome match

Warriors don't cry

Melba Beals · 1994

Same historical feel

60% genome match

The Ugly American

William J. Lederer · 1958

Same historical feel

60% genome match