Books like Collapse

Collapse by Jared Diamond reads as analytical, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond · 1997

Both explore civilization

83% genome match

1491

Charles C. Mann · 2005

Both explore civilization

83% genome match

A new green history of the world

Clive Ponting · 2007

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

The Columbian exchange

Alfred W. Crosby · 1972

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

The Rise of the West

William Hardy McNeill · 1963

Both explore civilization

70% genome match

Why the West Rules - For Now

Ian Morris · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

The human web

John Robert McNeill · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Colossus

Niall Ferguson · 2003

Both explore decline

64% genome match

The dawn of European civilization

V. Gordon Childe · 1925

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Nature's metropolis

William Cronon · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

My Ishmael

Daniel Quinn · 1997

Both explore civilization

61% genome match

The Great Divergence

Kenneth Pomeranz · 2000

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match