Books like Arc de triomphe

Arc de triomphe by Erich Maria Remarque reads as melancholic, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Ambrose Bierce's Civil War

Ambrose Bierce · 1956

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy · 1992

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Im Westen nichts Neues

Erich Maria Remarque · 1928

Both explore war & trauma

73% genome match

Voyage au bout de la nuit

Louis-Ferdinand Celine · 1932

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

人間失格

太宰 治 · 1948

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Sobre héroes y tumbas

Ernesto Sabato · 1961

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Where I'm Calling From

Raymond Carver · 1988

Shares the bleak thread

70% genome match

Junk

Melvin Burgess · 1996

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

A Farewell to Arms

Ernest Hemingway · 1929

Both explore war & love

83% genome match

En attendant Godot

Samuel Beckett · 1952

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match

Suite française

Irène Némirovsky · 2004

Both explore war & love

66% genome match

Extension du domaine de la lutte

Michel Houellebecq · 1994

Shares the bleak thread

69% genome match