Books like Factotum
Factotum by Charles Bukowski reads as cynical, bleak. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Pleasures of the Damned
Charles Bukowski · 2007
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
77% genome match
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
Raymond Carver · 1981
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Angels
Denis Johnson · 1983
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Knockemstiff
Donald Ray Pollock · 2008
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Death Wish
Iceberg Slim · 1977
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Man Descending
Guy Vanderhaeghe · 1982
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Gates of Eden
Ethan Coen · 1998
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
69% genome match
La Virgen de los Sicarios / Our Lady of the Assassins
Fernando Vallejo · 1994
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Dangling in the tournefortia
Charles Bukowski · 1981
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
82% genome match
Traplines
Eden Robinson · 1996
Shares the bleak + vspare thread
69% genome match
Winter's Bone
Daniel Woodrell · 2006
Shares the vspare + vvoice thread
69% genome match
Rock Springs
Richard Ford · 1987
Shares the vspare thread
69% genome match
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