Books like I Heard You Paint Houses
I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt reads as gritty, confessional. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Goodfellas (Original Novel)
Nicholas Pileggi · 1989
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69% genome match
The last testament of Lucky Luciano
Martin A. Gosch · 1975
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69% genome match
Fish
T. J. Parsell · 2006
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69% genome match
Quarto de Despejo
Carolina Maria de Jesus · 1960
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69% genome match
The Mafia cookbook
Joseph Iannuzzi · 1993
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69% genome match
Jarhead
Anthony Swofford · 2003
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69% genome match
Sing Backwards and Weep
Mark Lanegan · 2020
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69% genome match
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
Kabi Nagata · 2016
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69% genome match
The Good Rat LP
Jimmy Breslin · 2008
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69% genome match
Mr. Untouchable
Leroy Barnes · 2007
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69% genome match
Rat Bastards
John "red" Shea · 2007
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69% genome match
All souls
Michael Patrick MacDonald · 1999
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69% genome match
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