Books like Salem possessed

Salem possessed by Paul S. Boyer reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The devil in the shape of a woman

Carol F. Karlsen · 1987

Both explore social control

65% genome match

Modernity and the Holocaust

Zygmunt Bauman · 1989

Both explore social control

66% genome match

The Old regime and the French Revolution

Keith Michael Baker · 1987

Both explore historical interpretation

66% genome match

Traditions & encounters

Jerry H. Bentley · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

World Restored Europe After Napoleon

Henry Kissinger · 1957

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The creation of patriarchy

Gerda Lerner · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Collapse

Jared Diamond · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Age of Arthur

John Morris · 1973

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

1491

Charles C. Mann · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

History of the Peloponnesian War

Thucydides · 1526

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

This time is different

Carmen M. Reinhart · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Team of Rivals

Doris Kearns Goodwin · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match