Books like The human web

The human web by John Robert McNeill reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

1493

Charles C. Mann · 2011

Both explore disease & environmental impact

74% genome match

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Jared Diamond · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari · 2011

Same nonfiction feel

83% genome match

The Great Divergence

Kenneth Pomeranz · 2000

Both explore environmental impact

67% genome match

The Columbian exchange

Alfred W. Crosby · 1972

Both explore global history & disease

64% genome match

Why the West Rules - For Now

Ian Morris · 2010

Both explore global history

66% genome match

The ascent of money

Niall Ferguson · 2008

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Nature's metropolis

William Cronon · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Plagues and Peoples

William Hardy McNeill · 1976

Both explore disease

61% genome match

Traditions & encounters

Jerry H. Bentley · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

War and Peace and War

Peter Turchin · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Harvesting The Biosphere What We Have Taken From Nature

Vaclav Smil · 2012

Both explore environmental impact

63% genome match