Books like Before They Are Hanged
Before They Are Hanged by Joe Abercrombie reads as dark, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Blade Itself
Joe Abercrombie · 2006
Shares the power + vvoice thread
94% genome match
A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik · 2020
Shares the collapse + vvoice thread
83% genome match
The White Rose
Glen Cook
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Downbelow Station
C. J. Cherryh
Shares the collapse + power thread
69% genome match
Last Argument of Kings
Joe Abercrombie · 2008
Shares the power + vvoice thread
94% genome match
A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin · 1996
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Fables
Bill Willingham · 2002
Shares the power + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Malazan Book of the Fallen
Steven Erikson
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Madmen and specialists
Wole Soyinka · 1971
Shares the power + vvoice thread
69% genome match
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess · 1962
Shares the collapse + vvoice thread
69% genome match
The Lord of the Rings
J. R. R. Tolkien
Shares the power thread
69% genome match
Six of Crows
Leigh Bardugo · 2015
Shares the vvoice thread
69% genome match
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