Books like Die Vergewaltigung von Nanking

Die Vergewaltigung von Nanking by Iris Chang reads as harrowing, factual. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Ordinary Men

Christopher R. Browning · 1992

Both explore war crimes

57% genome match

Hitler's willing executioners

Daniel Jonah Goldhagen · 1996

Both explore genocide

54% genome match

Black earth

Timothy Snyder · 2015

Both explore genocide

54% genome match

The Day the World Came to Town

Jim DeFede · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

The last girl

Nadia Murad · 2017

Both explore genocide & war crimes

68% genome match

Hiroshima

John Hersey · 1946

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

Doctors From Hell

Vivien Spitz · 2005

Both explore war crimes & justice

67% genome match

So sad to fall in battle

Kumiko Kakehashi · 2007

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

Dark Heart of Hitler's Europe

Martin Winstone · 2014

Both explore genocide

54% genome match

La question

Henri Alleg · 1958

Both explore war crimes & justice

69% genome match

Genocidal crimes

Alex Alvarez · 2009

Both explore genocide & justice

54% genome match

Eichmann Before Jerusalem

Bettina Stangneth · 2014

Both explore justice

51% genome match