Books like Gender and Power

Gender and Power by R. W. Connell reads as analytical, critical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Gender Trouble

Judith Butler · 1989

Both explore social construction & power structures

62% genome match

Masculinities

R. W. Connell · 1995

Both explore masculinity & social construction

75% genome match

Histoire de la sexualité

Michel Foucault · 1976

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Seeing Like a State

James C. Scott · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Understanding Power

Noam Chomsky · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Homo Ludens

Johan Huizinga · 1938

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Myths of gender

Anne Fausto-Sterling · 1985

Both explore social construction

63% genome match

Le Deuxième Sexe

Simone de Beauvoir · 1949

Both explore patriarchy

57% genome match

The Dialectic of Sex

Shulamith Firestone · 1970

Both explore patriarchy

59% genome match

The creation of patriarchy

Gerda Lerner · 1986

Both explore patriarchy

58% genome match

Forbidden knowledge

Roger Shattuck · 1996

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Rewriting the Soul

Ian Hacking · 1995

Both explore social construction

60% genome match