Books like In the Garden of Beasts

In the Garden of Beasts by Erik Larson reads as immersive, dark. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Devil in the White City

Erik Larson · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

83% genome match

Say Nothing

Patrick Radden Keefe · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

Walter Isaacson · 2003

Both explore diplomacy

83% genome match

I'll Be Gone in the Dark

Michelle McNamara · 2018

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Destiny of the Republic

Candice Millard · 2011

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly · 2016

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

Benjamin Franklin

Thomas J. Fleming · 1972

Both explore diplomacy

56% genome match

The Radium Girls

Kate Moore · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

Killers of the Flower Moon

David Grann · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

83% genome match

Mayflower

Nathaniel Philbrick · 2006

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

Midnight in Chernobyl

Adam Higginbotham · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

50% genome match

No Ordinary Time

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match