Books like Mein Kampf

Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler reads as dogmatic, aggressive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The doctrine of fascism

Benito Mussolini · 1933

Both explore totalitarianism & nationalism

67% genome match

Hitler's table talk, 1941-1944

Adolf Hitler · 1953

Both explore totalitarianism & antisemitism

57% genome match

Diaries

Joseph Goebbels · 1948

Both explore propaganda

51% genome match

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt · 1951

Both explore totalitarianism & antisemitism

61% genome match

Dell'Arte della Guerra

Niccolò Machiavelli · 1540

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Архипелаг ГУЛАГ. T. 1-2

Александр Исаевич Солженицын · 1973

Both explore totalitarianism

60% genome match

Hitler 1936-1945

Ian Kershaw · 2000

Both explore totalitarianism

60% genome match

Manifest der Kommunistischen Partei

Karl Marx · 1848

Same philosophy feel

56% genome match

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Chto delatʹ?

Vladimir Il’ich Lenin · 1922

Same philosophy feel

58% genome match

12 Rules for Life

Jordan B. Peterson · 2015

Same philosophy feel

53% genome match

Alexander Hamilton

Ron Chernow · 2004

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match