Books like Cadillac desert

Cadillac desert by Marc Reisner reads as critical, investigative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The control of nature

John McPhee · 1989

Both explore engineering

61% genome match

Who killed Karen Silkwood?

Howard Kohn · 1981

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

Anne Fadiman · 1997

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

The Soul of a New Machine

Tracy Kidder · 1981

Both explore engineering

53% genome match

No Logo

Naomi Klein · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

The Buffalo Creek disaster

Gerald M. Stern · 1976

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Friday Night Lights

H. G. Bissinger

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

The Outlaw Ocean

Ian Urbina · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

The Ecological Rift: Capitalism’s War on the Earth

John Bellamy Foster · 2011

Both explore environmentalism

54% genome match

Merchants of Doubt

Naomi Oreskes · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The World Without Us

Alan Weisman · 2007

Both explore environmentalism

60% genome match

The Perfect Storm

Sebastian Junger

Same nonfiction feel

45% genome match