Books like Shake hands with the devil

Shake hands with the devil by Roméo Dallaire reads as somber, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families

Philip Gourevitch · 1998

Both explore trauma

83% genome match

The Education Of An Idealist

Samantha Power · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

We crossed a bridge and it trembled

Wendy Pearlman · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The war against the Jews, 1933-1945

Lucy S. Dawidowicz · 1975

Both explore genocide

67% genome match

An Ordinary Man

Paul Rusesabagina · 2006

Same memoir feel

52% genome match

With the Old Breed

E.B. Sledge · 2007

Both explore trauma

66% genome match

Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields

Dith Pran · 1997

Both explore genocide & trauma

69% genome match

Strength in What Remains

Tracy Kidder · 2009

Both explore genocide

56% genome match

Children of the flames

Lucette Matalon Lagnado · 1991

Both explore trauma

66% genome match

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

Die Vergewaltigung von Nanking

Iris Chang · 1997

Both explore genocide

63% genome match

Se questo è un uomo

Primo Levi · 1947

Both explore trauma

62% genome match