Books like Ten Days That Shook the World

Ten Days That Shook the World by John Reed reads as urgent, immersive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Among the thugs

Bill Buford · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich · 2001

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Once there was a war

John Steinbeck · 1943

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

The People of the Abyss

Jack London · 1900

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

Facing unpleasant facts

George Orwell · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Nothing to envy

Barbara Demick · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz

Michela Wrong · 2000

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

Hiroshima

John Hersey · 1946

Same nonfiction feel

46% genome match

Memoirs of a Revolutionist

Peter Kropotkin · 1899

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

You Can't Win

Jack Black · 1926

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

Poverty Safari

Darren McGarvey · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

A people's tragedy

Orlando Figes · 1996

Both explore russian revolution & communism

62% genome match