Books like Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. Feynman reads as witty, accessible. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Body

Bill Bryson · 2019

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

The Disappearing Spoon

Sam Kean · 2010

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

Lori Gottlieb · 2019

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Death by Black Hole

Neil deGrasse Tyson · 2007

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Rocket Boys

Homer H. Hickam · 1998

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Getting Stoned With Savages

J. Maarten Troost · 2006

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

This is going to hurt

Adam Kay · 2017

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

What If?

Randall Munroe · 2014

Both explore humor & science

75% genome match

The Pleasure of Finding Things Out

Richard Phillips Feynman · 1999

Both explore science & curiosity

76% genome match

The Innocents Abroad

Mark Twain · 1911

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Stiff

Mary Roach · 2003

Both explore science & curiosity

72% genome match

Bird by Bird

Anne Lamott · 1994

Shares the vvoice thread

83% genome match