Books like The bell curve

The bell curve by Richard J. Herrnstein reads as academic, provocative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Iceman Inheritance

Michael Bradley · 1991

Both explore intelligence

66% genome match

Darwin's dangerous idea

Daniel C. Dennett · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

The doctrine of DNA

Richard C. Lewontin · 1991

Both explore genetics

64% genome match

Innate

Kevin J. Mitchell · 2018

Both explore genetics

64% genome match

Cognitive psychology and its implications

John Robert Anderson · 1980

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Language and mind

Noam Chomsky · 1968

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Sex, power, conflict

David M. Buss · 1996

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Women, fire, and dangerous things

George Lakoff · 1987

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Behave

Robert M. Sapolsky · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

Cognitive Psychology

E. Bruce Goldstein · 2004

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

Memories, thoughts, and emotions

George Mandler · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Memory for odors

Robert G. Crowder · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match