Books like Less

Less by Andrew Sean Greer reads as witty, bittersweet. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Last Hero

Terry Pratchett

Both explore comedy

65% genome match

Less Is Lost

Andrew Sean Greer · 2022

Both explore travel & aging

69% genome match

Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons · 1932

Same literary feel

63% genome match

To Say Nothing of the Dog

Connie Willis

Both explore comedy & love

63% genome match

Herzog

Saul Bellow

Both explore love & comedy

76% genome match

Hippopotamus, The

Stephen Fry · 1994

Same literary feel

61% genome match

The Heart's Invisible Furies

John Boyne · 2017

Both explore love

83% genome match

The Coming of Bill

P. G. Wodehouse · 1920

Both explore love

63% genome match

Around the world with Auntie Mame

Patrick Dennis · 1958

Both explore travel

60% genome match

Across the river and into the trees

Ernest Hemingway · 1950

Both explore aging & love

64% genome match

Ungeduld des Herzens

Stefan Zweig · 1927

Both explore love

56% genome match

Demian

Hermann Hesse · 1919

Same literary feel

53% genome match