Books like The Great Railway Bazaar
The Great Railway Bazaar by Paul Theroux reads as observant, cynical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Bicycle Diaries
David Byrne · 2009
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70% genome match
The kingdom by the sea
Paul Theroux · 1983
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69% genome match
Journey Without Maps
Graham Greene · 1936
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69% genome match
What Am I Doing Here
Bruce Chatwin · 1989
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River town
Peter Hessler · 2001
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69% genome match
Distrust that particular flavor
William Gibson · 2012
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71% genome match
Letters from Iceland
W. H. Auden · 1937
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71% genome match
Pieces of the Frame
John McPhee · 1975
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71% genome match
Seek
Denis Johnson · 2001
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69% genome match
By-Line
Ernest Hemingway · 1937
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69% genome match
Nonfiction
Chuck Palahniuk · 2004
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69% genome match
Death in Persia
Annemarie Schwarzenbach · 1995
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69% genome match
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