Books like City of thieves
City of thieves by David Benioff reads as gritty, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
First Blood
David Morrell · 1972
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Outwalkers
Fiona Shaw · 2018
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Winter's Bone
Daniel Woodrell · 2006
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Cadáver exquisito
Agustina Bazterrica · 2015
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The Dog Runner
Bren MacDibble · 2019
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Bird Box
Josh Malerman · 2014
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The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
Elmore Leonard · 2004
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Black helicopters
Blythe Woolston · 2013
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No Country for Old Men
Cormac McCarthy · 2005
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I hate to see that evening sun go down
William Gay · 2002
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The River
Peter Heller · 2019
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The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway · 1952
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69% genome match
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