Books like The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin reads as reflective, instructive. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African

Olaudah Equiano · 1789

Same memoir feel

62% genome match

The autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr. · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Twelve years a slave

Solomon Northup · 1853

Same memoir feel

59% genome match

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass · 1845

Same memoir feel

83% genome match

Backwoods of Canada

Catherine Parr Traill · 1836

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

A new home--who'll follow? or, Glimpses of western life

Caroline M. Kirkland · 1839

Same classic feel

62% genome match

Second Nature

Michael Pollan · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington · 2002

Same memoir feel

83% genome match

California and Oregon trail

Francis Parkman · 1872

Both explore american identity

58% genome match

Man and nature

George Perkins Marsh · 1865

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Behind the scenes. By Elizabeth Keckley. Or, Thirty years a slave, and four years in the White House.

Elizabeth Keckley · 1868

Same memoir feel

58% genome match

A Sand County Almanac

Aldo Leopold · 1964

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match