Books like Authority and the Individual

Authority and the Individual by Bertrand Russell reads as analytical, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm · 1941

Both explore freedom & society

70% genome match

In Praise of Idleness and Other Essays

Bertrand Russell · 1935

Both explore society

69% genome match

The Ordeal of Change

Eric Hoffer · 1963

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Prisons we choose to live inside

Doris Lessing · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell

George Orwell · 1968

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Political Ideologies

Leon P. Baradat · 1979

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Karl Marx

Isaiah Berlin · 1939

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The Power of the Powerless

Václav Havel · 1985

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The enforcement of morals

Devlin, Patrick Baron · 1965

Both explore society

64% genome match

Social problems

Henry George · 1883

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticism

Matthew Arnold · 1869

Both explore society & authority

61% genome match

Today's isms

Alan O. Ebenstein · 1954

Same philosophy feel

60% genome match