Books like At the Existentialist Café

At the Existentialist Café by Sarah Bakewell reads as engaging, intellectual. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Delusions of gender

Cordelia Fine · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 2014

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Ideas for Action

Cynthia Kaufman · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The Humanistic Tradition

Gloria K. Fiero · 1981

Both explore intellectual history & philosophy

71% genome match

Logicomix - An Epic Search for Truth

Apostolos K. Doxiadēs · 2008

Both explore biography

71% genome match

Zeit der Zauberer

Wolfram Eilenberger · 2020

Both explore intellectual history & philosophy

74% genome match

Grand Pursuit

Sylvia Nasar · 2011

Both explore intellectual history & biography

73% genome match

A History of Mathematics

Carl B. Boyer · 1968

Both explore intellectual history

71% genome match

Disability Visibility

Alice Wong · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Doppelganger

Naomi Klein · 2023

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Man's search for himself

Rollo May · 1953

Both explore existentialism & freedom

69% genome match

The 100 most influential books ever written

Martin Seymour-Smith · 1998

Both explore intellectual history & philosophy

68% genome match