Books like Herzog

Herzog by Saul Bellow reads as witty, introspective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Centaur

John Updike

Both explore identity

63% genome match

Sabbath's Theater

Philip Roth

Both explore comedy & identity

76% genome match

Mr. Sammler's Planet

Saul Bellow

Both explore society & identity

71% genome match

Under the Volcano

Malcolm Lowry

Both explore identity & love

67% genome match

Soldiers' Pay

William Faulkner · 2013

Both explore society & love

69% genome match

Balthazar

Lawrence Durrell · 1957

Both explore love & identity

67% genome match

Tropic of Cancer

Henry Miller

Both explore identity & society

62% genome match

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf · 1925

Both explore society

60% genome match

Nightwood

Djuna Barnes · 1936

Same literary feel

59% genome match

The Finkler Question

Howard Jacobson · 2010

Both explore identity & society

77% genome match

Parade's End

Ford Madox Ford · 1950

Both explore identity

59% genome match

The Age of Reason

Jean-Paul Sartre

Both explore identity & love

75% genome match