Books like Plagues and Peoples

Plagues and Peoples by William Hardy McNeill reads as analytical, academic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

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Jared Diamond · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

The human web

John Robert McNeill · 2002

Both explore disease

66% genome match

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Charles C. Mann · 2011

Both explore disease

64% genome match

The ascent of money

Niall Ferguson · 2008

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari · 2011

Same nonfiction feel

43% genome match

War and Peace and War

Peter Turchin · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Nature's metropolis

William Cronon · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

The Great Divergence

Kenneth Pomeranz · 2000

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Traditions & encounters

Jerry H. Bentley · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Europe between the oceans

Barry W. Cunliffe · 2008

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Singularity Is Near

Ray Kurzweil · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

The Mismeasure of Man

Stephen Jay Gould · 1981

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match