Books like Herball

Herball by John Gerard reads as informative, historical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Resa til Norra America

Kalm, Pehr · 1754

Both explore natural history & botany

72% genome match

Systema naturae

Carl Linnaeus · 1748

Both explore natural history & botany

83% genome match

History of Animals

Aristotle · 1476

Both explore natural history

60% genome match

Histoire naturelle

Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon · 1749

Both explore natural history & botany

60% genome match

Leonardo

Leonardo da Vinci · 1946

Both explore renaissance

69% genome match

Origin of Species

Charles Darwin · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The medical pocket-book

John Elliot · 1784

Both explore medicine

69% genome match

The Natural History of Puget Sound Country

Arthur R. Kruckeberg · 1991

Both explore natural history & botany

72% genome match

History

Herodotus · 1494

Same classic feel

62% genome match

Picasso

Pablo Picasso · 1926

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

World mythology

Donna Rosenberg · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Travels through the interior parts of North America, in the years 1766, 1767, and 1768

Jonathan Carver · 1778

Both explore natural history

67% genome match