Books like Self-Made Man

Self-Made Man by Norah Vincent reads as investigative, introspective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Both explore identity & empathy

83% genome match

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan · 1963

Both explore identity

56% genome match

Invisible Women

Caroline Criado Perez · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Words are my matter

Ursula K. Le Guin · 2016

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Dickens, Dali & Others

George Orwell · 1946

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

The trials of Radclyffe Hall

Diana Souhami · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Better Living Through Criticism

A. O. Scott · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

A literature of their own

Elaine Showalter · 1975

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

Great novelists and their novels

William Somerset Maugham · 1948

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Chloe Plus Olivia

Lillian Faderman · 1994

Both explore identity

53% genome match

The Freedom Writers Diary

Erin Gruwell · 1999

Both explore empathy & identity

65% genome match

The Game

Neil Strauss · 2005

Both explore masculinity & identity

64% genome match