Books like Cryptonomicon

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson reads as witty, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Against the Day

Thomas Pynchon

Same historical feel

58% genome match

Quicksilver

Neal Stephenson · 2003

Same historical feel

56% genome match

The Illuminatus! Trilogy

Robert Shea · 1977

Same sci-fi feel

59% genome match

Watchmen

Alan Moore · 1987

Same sci-fi feel

50% genome match

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace · 1996

Adjacent in the genome

53% genome match

Ubik

Philip K. Dick · 1969

Same sci-fi feel

50% genome match

Babel-17

Samuel R. Delany · 2014

Same sci-fi feel

51% genome match

Gun, with occasional music

Jonathan Lethem · 1994

Same sci-fi feel

53% genome match

Ratner's Star

Don DeLillo · 2012

Same sci-fi feel

53% genome match

Darkmans

Nicola Barker · 2007

Same historical feel

54% genome match

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

Same sci-fi feel

48% genome match

The place of dead roads

William S. Burroughs · 1983

Same sci-fi feel

52% genome match