Books like Seeing Like a State

Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott reads as critical, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Understanding Power

Noam Chomsky · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Homo Ludens

Johan Huizinga · 1938

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Gender and Power

R. W. Connell · 1987

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

The social construction of reality

Peter L. Berger · 1966

Same philosophy feel

60% genome match

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt · 1951

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Forbidden knowledge

Roger Shattuck · 1996

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

The Female Malady

Elaine Showalter · 1985

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Reason & violence

R. D. Laing · 1964

Same philosophy feel

60% genome match

Le suicide

Émile Durkheim · 1850

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Müdigkeitsgesellschaft

Byung-Chul Han · 2010

Same philosophy feel

55% genome match

Silencing the past

Michel-Rolph Trouillot · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

In the Ruins of Neoliberalism

Wendy Brown · 2019

Both explore authoritarianism

60% genome match