Books like Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick reads as analytical, rigorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Taking rights seriously

Ronald Dworkin · 1977

Both explore rights & justice

72% genome match

Contemporary Political Philosophy

Will Kymlicka · 1990

Both explore justice & rights

69% genome match

Du contrat social

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762

Both explore justice

66% genome match

A theory of justice

John Rawls · 1971

Both explore political philosophy & justice

83% genome match

An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation

Jeremy Bentham · 1823

Both explore political philosophy

68% genome match

Contemporary political theory

J. C. Johari · 1979

Both explore justice & state

69% genome match

Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith · 1788

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

The social contract from Hobbes to Rawls

David Boucher · 1994

Both explore political philosophy & justice

68% genome match

Spheres of Justice

Michael Walzer · 1983

Both explore political philosophy

65% genome match

Novum organum

Francis Bacon · 1620

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

The Federalist, or, The New Constitution

Alexander Hamilton · 1788

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Ecclesiastical polity

Richard Hooker · 1597

Both explore political philosophy

65% genome match