Books like Dumbing Us Down

Dumbing Us Down by John Taylor Gatto reads as critical, polemical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

How to watch TV news

Neil Postman · 1992

Both explore critical thinking

65% genome match

The Shallows

Nicholas G. Carr · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

The Attention Merchants

Tim Wu · 2016

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

The influencing machine

Brooke Gladstone · 2011

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Reclaiming Conversation

Sherry Turkle · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Education For Critical Consciousness (Continuum Impacts)

Paulo Freire · 1967

Both explore critical thinking

55% genome match

Freedom to learn

Rogers, Carl R. · 1969

Both explore education reform

68% genome match

Brave New World Revisited

Aldous Huxley · 1958

Both explore freedom

58% genome match

Education & anarchy

Bill Engel · 2001

Both explore freedom

56% genome match

The art of thinking clearly

Rolf Dobelli · 2013

Both explore critical thinking

63% genome match

Think Like a Monk

Jay Shetty · 2020

Same self-help feel

62% genome match

Good work

E. F. Schumacher · 1979

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match