Books like The fall of Yugoslavia

The fall of Yugoslavia by Misha Glenny reads as somber, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

With the old breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa

E. B. Sledge · 1981

Both explore war

64% genome match

How Democracies Die

Steven Levitsky · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Cia

William Blum · 1995

Both explore geopolitics

63% genome match

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

The Ugly American

William J. Lederer · 1958

Same literary feel

61% genome match

All God's children

Fox Butterfield · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

Both explore war

60% genome match

Hiroshima

John Hersey · 1946

Both explore war

60% genome match

All the President's Men

Carl Bernstein · 1974

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

To Be a Slave (Plus)

Julius Lester · 1968

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Once there was a war

John Steinbeck · 1943

Both explore war

64% genome match

La cité de la joie

Dominique Lapierre · 1985

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match