Books like The burning bed

The burning bed by Faith McNulty reads as harrowing, indignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Possession

Ann Rule · 1983

Both explore legal system & domestic violence

70% genome match

Death of Jewish American Princesses

Shirley Frondorf · 1988

Both explore domestic violence & legal system

70% genome match

Relato de un náufrago

Gabriel García Márquez · 1970

Both explore survival

63% genome match

Hiroshima

John Hersey · 1946

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

The private diary of Lyle Menendez

Lyle Menendez · 1993

Both explore justice & legal system

66% genome match

The Executioner's Song

Norman Mailer · 1979

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

Kansas Charley

Joan Jacobs Brumberg · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Homicide

David Simon · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

50% genome match

In Cold Blood

Truman Capote · 1966

Same nonfiction feel

83% genome match

Ten days in a mad-house

Nellie Bly · 1905

Both explore women's rights

66% genome match

In the name of honor

Mukhtar Mai · 2006

Both explore women's rights & justice

69% genome match

The Innocent Man

John Grisham · 2006

Both explore justice

59% genome match