Books like Enlightenment Now

Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker reads as analytical, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Better Angels of Our Nature

Steven Pinker · 2011

Both explore progress

83% genome match

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan · 1995

Both explore science & reason

83% genome match

Justice

Michael J. Sandel · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The moral life

Louis P. Pojman · 2000

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Mein Weltbild

Albert Einstein · 1934

Both explore science & humanism

71% genome match

Literary works of Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci · 1883

Both explore science & humanism

72% genome match

Hegel

Peter Singer · 1983

Both explore reason

60% genome match

An unnatural order

Jim Mason · 1993

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The works of Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon · 1740

Both explore science & reason

74% genome match

Environmental ethics

Joseph R. DesJardins · 1993

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The Gene

Siddhartha Mukherjee · 2016

Both explore science

52% genome match

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari · 2011

Both explore science

66% genome match