Books like Amusing Ourselves to Death

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman reads as critical, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

How to watch TV news

Neil Postman · 1992

Both explore critical thinking & public discourse

71% genome match

Politics and the English Language

George Orwell · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Understanding Comics

Scott McCloud · 1993

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Autobiography

Bertrand Russell · 1944

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

The language of the night

Ursula K. Le Guin · 1979

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Memoirs of a Revolutionist

Peter Kropotkin · 1899

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

The People of the Abyss

Jack London · 1900

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Literary Occasions

V. S. Naipaul · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Hiroshima

John Hersey · 1946

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

You Can't Win

Jack Black · 1926

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

A Russian Journal

John Steinbeck · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Technics and civilization

Lewis Mumford · 1934

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match