Books like Even the Rat Was White

Even the Rat Was White by Robert V. Guthrie reads as critical, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The doctrine of DNA

Richard C. Lewontin · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The Mismeasure of Man

Stephen Jay Gould · 1981

Both explore social justice

61% genome match

The Demon-Haunted World

Carl Sagan · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

The idea of race

Ashley Montagu · 1964

Both explore racism

62% genome match

The story of psychology

Hunt, Morton M. · 1993

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Fashionable nonsense

Alan D. Sokal · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Timefulness

Marcia Bjornerud · 2018

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Musicophilia

Oliver Sacks · 2007

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

The future of man

P. B. Medawar · 1959

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Case for God

Karen Armstrong · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

The evolution of beauty

Richard O. Prum · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

The dialectical biologist

Richard Levins · 1985

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match