Books like Postwar

Postwar by Tony Judt reads as academic, comprehensive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The end of the European era

Felix Gilbert · 1991

Both explore european history

61% genome match

The Birth of the Modern World, 1780-1914

C. A. Bayly · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The age of extremes

Eric Hobsbawm · 1994

Both explore social change

83% genome match

Thinking the Twentieth Century

Tony Judt · 2010

Both explore european history

61% genome match

The making of the English working class

E. P. Thompson · 1963

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Karl Marx

Karl Marx · 1956

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

The Red Prince

Timothy Snyder · 2008

Both explore european history

60% genome match

Empire of cotton

Sven Beckert · 2004

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

A history of the modern world

R. R. Palmer · 1950

Both explore european history

52% genome match

The Anatomy of Fascism (Allen Lane History)

Robert O. Paxton · 2004

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Age of Anger

Pankaj Mishra · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Development Economics

Debraj Ray · 1998

Both explore economic development

67% genome match