Books like Empire

Empire by Niall Ferguson reads as analytical, provocative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

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Jared Diamond · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

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Charles C. Mann · 2011

Both explore globalization & colonialism

69% genome match

The Great Divergence

Kenneth Pomeranz · 2000

Both explore economic history & colonialism

70% genome match

Civilization

Niall Ferguson · 2011

Both explore power

62% genome match

Whole earth discipline

Stewart Brand · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Iceman Inheritance

Michael Bradley · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

A new green history of the world

Clive Ponting · 2007

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Empire of cotton

Sven Beckert · 2004

Both explore globalization & colonialism

76% genome match

World on Fire

Amy Chua · 2003

Both explore globalization

61% genome match

Empires in world history

Jane Burbank · 2010

Both explore power & colonialism

61% genome match

The human web

John Robert McNeill · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Nature's metropolis

William Cronon · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match