Books like Jarhead
Jarhead by Anthony Swofford reads as stark, cynical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Sing Backwards and Weep
Mark Lanegan · 2020
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69% genome match
Fish
T. J. Parsell · 2006
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73% genome match
American Junkie
Tom Hansen · 2010
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69% genome match
This Boy's Life
Tobias Wolff · 1989
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69% genome match
Goodfellas (Original Novel)
Nicholas Pileggi · 1989
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69% genome match
My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness
Kabi Nagata · 2016
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69% genome match
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
JT LeRoy · 2001
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69% genome match
Quarto de Despejo
Carolina Maria de Jesus · 1960
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69% genome match
Slice harvester
Colin Atrophy Hagendorf · 2015
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69% genome match
So sad today
Melissa Broder · 2016
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69% genome match
I Heard You Paint Houses
Charles Brandt · 2004
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69% genome match
A Restricted Country
Joan Nestle · 1987
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69% genome match
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