Books like Born on the Fourth of July

Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic reads as raw, angry. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A rumor of war

Philip Caputo · 1977

Both explore disillusionment

60% genome match

When they call you a terrorist

Patrisse Khan-Cullors · 2018

Both explore activism

64% genome match

Angela Davis

Angela Y. Davis · 1974

Both explore activism

64% genome match

If I die in a combat zone box me up and ship me home

Tim O'Brien · 1969

Same memoir feel

54% genome match

With the Old Breed

E.B. Sledge · 2007

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

You can't be neutral on a moving train

Howard Zinn · 1994

Both explore activism

64% genome match

Dear America

Bernard Edelman · 1985

Both explore patriotism

62% genome match

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass · 1845

Same memoir feel

59% genome match

Assata

Assata Shakur · 1987

Both explore activism

60% genome match

Girls like us

Rachel Lloyd · 2011

Same memoir feel

62% genome match

Fist Stick Knife Gun

Geoffrey Canada · 1995

Same memoir feel

59% genome match

Eloquent Rage

Brittney C. Cooper · 2018

Both explore activism

60% genome match