Books like Going Solo

Going Solo by Roald Dahl reads as adventurous, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Works (Boy / Going Solo)

Roald Dahl · 1992

Both explore adventure & war

76% genome match

Slide Rule

Nevil Shute · 1954

Both explore aviation & war

67% genome match

The diary of a bookseller

Shaun Bythell · 2017

Same memoir feel

61% genome match

Owls in the Family

Farley Mowat · 1961

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Wings on My Sleeve

Eric Brown · 1961

Both explore aviation

63% genome match

West with the Night

Beryl Markham

Both explore adventure

58% genome match

All Things Bright and Beautiful (All Creatures Great and Small #3-4)

James Herriot · 1974

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

Cider with Rosie

Laurie Lee · 1959

Both explore coming-of-age

51% genome match

A primate's memoir

Robert M. Sapolsky · 2001

Both explore africa & coming-of-age

59% genome match

Pilote de guerre

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1942

Both explore war

55% genome match

Swimming to the Moon

Robert Drewe · 2014

Same memoir feel

57% genome match