Books like La ciudad y los perros
La ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas Llosa reads as bleak, critical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Los jefes
Mario Vargas Llosa · 1965
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71% genome match
The octopus, a story of California
Frank Norris · 1901
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70% genome match
Sacred games
Vikram Chandra · 2006
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69% genome match
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett · 1989
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69% genome match
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
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69% genome match
Where the air is clear
Carlos Fuentes · 1960
Both explore corruption
65% genome match
Bel-Ami
Guy de Maupassant · 1893
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69% genome match
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
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Wizard of the Crow
Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo · 2006
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69% genome match
Noli Me Tangere
José Rizal · 1902
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69% genome match
Germinal
Émile Zola · 1885
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69% genome match
The great Indian novel
Shashi Tharoor · 1989
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69% genome match
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