Books like An American Plague

An American Plague by Jim Murphy reads as informative, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Blizzard!

Jim Murphy · 2000

Shares the history thread

76% genome match

To Be a Slave (Plus)

Julius Lester · 1968

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Das Mädchen Anne Frank

Melissa Müller · 1998

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69% genome match

Sugar changed the world

Marc Aronson · 2010

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69% genome match

The Hiding Place

Corrie ten Boom · 1971

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69% genome match

Squanto

Clyde Robert Bulla · 1954

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Zlatin dnevnik

Zlata Filipović · 1993

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69% genome match

Escape from Saigon

Andrea Warren · 2004

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69% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

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69% genome match

So far from the bamboo grove

Yoko Kawashima Watkins · 1986

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69% genome match

Nine Lives

Dan Baum · 2009

Both explore resilience & community

66% genome match

Cod

Mark Kurlansky · 1997

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69% genome match