Books like Spillover

Spillover by David Quammen reads as lucid, gripping. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Tangled Tree

David Quammen · 2018

Both explore science

83% genome match

The Great Influenza

John M. Barry · 2004

Both explore science

47% genome match

The Ghost Map

Steven Johnson · 2006

Both explore science

47% genome match

The coming plague

Laurie Garrett · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

44% genome match

The Hot Zone

Richard Preston · 1994

Both explore science

83% genome match

1493

Charles C. Mann · 2011

Both explore ecology & disease

58% genome match

The End of October

Lawrence Wright · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

41% genome match

Parasite Rex

Carl Zimmer · 2000

Both explore ecology & disease

56% genome match

An American Plague

Jim Murphy · 2003

Both explore disease

55% genome match

Biology

Neil Alexander Campbell · 1987

Both explore science & ecology

51% genome match

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari · 2011

Both explore science

49% genome match

The ascent of money

Niall Ferguson · 2008

Both explore risk

52% genome match