Books like Inglorious Empire

Inglorious Empire by Shashi Tharoor reads as critical, indignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Colossus

Niall Ferguson · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Maximum City

Suketu Mehta · 2004

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

The scramble for Africa, 1876-1912

Thomas Pakenham · 1990

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

Why Nations Fail

Daron Acemoglu · 2012

Same nonfiction feel

46% genome match

Lords of finance

Liaquat Ahamed · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

Freedom at Midnight

Dominique Lapierre · 1975

Same nonfiction feel

46% genome match

Crashed

J. Adam Tooze · 2018

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

City of Djinns

William Dalrymple · 1993

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

India after Gandhi

Ramachandra Guha · 2007

Both explore post-colonialism & indian history

60% genome match

A small place

Jamaica Kincaid · 1988

Both explore post-colonialism

60% genome match

The epic city

Kushanava Choudhury · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

Lies My Teacher Told Me

James W. Loewen · 1994

Both explore historical revisionism

58% genome match