Books like Im Westen nichts Neues

Im Westen nichts Neues by Erich Maria Remarque reads as somber, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Fallen angels

Walter Dean Myers · 1984

Both explore war & trauma

70% genome match

Zeit zu leben und Zeit zu sterben

Erich Maria Remarque · 1954

Both explore war & loss

70% genome match

Three soldiers

John Dos Passos · 1921

Both explore war & disillusionment

71% genome match

Vietnam war stories

Tobey C. Herzog · 1992

Both explore trauma & disillusionment

70% genome match

Wounds in the Rain

Stephen Crane · 2013

Both explore war & disillusionment

69% genome match

Great World War II Stories

Irwin Shaw · 1989

Both explore war & trauma

66% genome match

Fields of fire

James Webb · 1978

Both explore camaraderie & trauma

65% genome match

Los de abajo

Mariano Azuela · 1927

Both explore war & disillusionment

63% genome match

Redeployment

Phil Klay

Both explore war & trauma

63% genome match

The Short Novels of John Steinbeck (Cannery Row / Moon is Down / Of Mice and Men / Pearl / Red Pony / Tortilla Flat)

John Steinbeck · 1953

Same literary feel

61% genome match

Ambrose Bierce's Civil War

Ambrose Bierce · 1956

Both explore war & trauma

77% genome match

One of Ours

Willa Cather · 2022

Both explore war

58% genome match