Books like Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell reads as immersive, dark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls · 2005
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83% genome match
Nigger
Dick Gregory · 1965
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69% genome match
Poverty Safari
Darren McGarvey · 2017
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70% genome match
Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt · 1996
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69% genome match
Manchild in the promised land
Claude Brown · 1937
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69% genome match
The Road
Jack London · 1907
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69% genome match
Down Second Avenue
Es'kia Mphahlele · 1940
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69% genome match
Nickel and Dimed
Barbara Ehrenreich · 2001
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83% genome match
Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance · 2016
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83% genome match
Hard times
Studs Terkel · 1970
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69% genome match
The dry divide
Ralph Moody · 1963
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69% genome match
Having our say
Emily Mann · 1996
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69% genome match
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