Books like "The Good War"
"The Good War" by Studs Terkel reads as poignant, authentic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Hard times
Studs Terkel · 1970
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71% genome match
Barracoon
Zora Neale Hurston · 2004
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69% genome match
A Russian Journal
John Steinbeck · 1999
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69% genome match
Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt · 1996
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69% genome match
Having our say
Emily Mann · 1996
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69% genome match
Kobane Calling
Zerocalcare · 2020
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69% genome match
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls · 2005
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69% genome match
Up Front
Bill Mauldin · 1945
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69% genome match
Symphony for the city of the dead
M. T. Anderson · 2015
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69% genome match
Nigger
Dick Gregory · 1965
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69% genome match
The road
Василий Семёнович Гроссман · 2010
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69% genome match
Nation of Strangers
Ece Temelkuran · 2026
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69% genome match
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