Books like The Argonauts

The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson reads as intellectual, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Destruction of the father reconstruction of the father

Louise Bourgeois · 1998

Both explore identity

64% genome match

Bluets

Maggie Nelson · 2009

Both explore love

83% genome match

The Invention of Solitude

Paul Auster · 1982

Both explore identity

58% genome match

Please Miss

Grace Lavery · 2022

Both explore identity

57% genome match

Afterglow

Eileen Myles · 2017

Both explore love & identity

56% genome match

Minor Feelings

Cathy Park Hong · 2020

Both explore identity

68% genome match

The Body

Jenny Boully · 2002

Both explore identity

53% genome match

Testo Junkie

Paul B. Preciado · 2008

Both explore gender & sexuality

69% genome match

Self-Portrait in Black and White

Thomas Chatterton Williams · 2019

Both explore identity

68% genome match

Sophie Calle

Sophie Calle · 1987

Both explore identity

50% genome match

The diary of Anaïs Nin, Volume Two, 1934-1939

Anaïs Nin · 1966

Both explore sexuality

66% genome match

Brown

Richard Rodriguez · 2002

Both explore identity

68% genome match