Books like Rights of Man

Rights of Man by Thomas Paine reads as polemical, argumentative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Du contrat social

Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762

Both explore justice

58% genome match

Common Sense

Thomas Paine · 1776

Both explore revolution & government

83% genome match

Two Treatises of Government

John Locke · 1965

Both explore government

83% genome match

The portable Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson · 1975

Both explore democracy & government

70% genome match

Constitution

India · 1947

Both explore democracy

60% genome match

Laws, etc

United States · 1789

Both explore democracy

60% genome match

An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

William Godwin · 1793

Both explore justice & government

61% genome match

Industrial Society and Its Future

Theodore Kaczynski · 1995

Both explore revolution

57% genome match

Democracy and Education

John Dewey · 1916

Both explore democracy

57% genome match

Self-knowledge

John Mason · 1745

Both explore enlightenment

56% genome match

Dei delitte e delle pene

Cesare Beccaria · 1764

Both explore justice & enlightenment

57% genome match

Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith · 1788

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match