Books like How to read literature like a professor

How to read literature like a professor by Thomas C. Foster reads as informative, engaging. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Everybody Writes

Ann Handley · 2014

Same self-help feel

59% genome match

Killer Year

Lee Child · 2008

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Adventures in the screen trade

William Goldman · 1983

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

The monster show

David J. Skal · 1993

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Comedy writing secrets

Melvin Helitzer · 1987

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition

Ann Charters · 2010

Both explore literary analysis

54% genome match

The Dean Koontz companion

Martin H. Greenberg · 1994

Both explore literary analysis

55% genome match

Daily Rituals

Mason Currey · 2013

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

The Man in Black

Robin Furth · 2013

Both explore literary analysis & symbolism

54% genome match

Three Genres

Stephen Minot · 1965

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

The Poetry Home Repair Manual

Ted Kooser · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

Horror in the Cinema

Ivan Butler · 1970

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match