Books like The Illuminatus! Trilogy

The Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert Shea reads as satirical, chaotic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The place of dead roads

William S. Burroughs · 1983

Both explore counterculture

59% genome match

Cryptonomicon

Neal Stephenson · 1999

Same sci-fi feel

57% genome match

The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch

Philip K. Dick

Both explore reality

57% genome match

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace · 1996

Same literary feel

53% genome match

Gravity's Rainbow

Thomas Pynchon

Same literary feel

83% genome match

Wilhelm Reich in Hell

Robert Anton Wilson · 1988

Both explore conspiracy

57% genome match

Ratner's Star

Don DeLillo · 2012

Both explore humor

55% genome match

Watchmen

Alan Moore · 1987

Same sci-fi feel

48% genome match

Yellow back radio broke-down

Ishmael Reed · 1969

Same literary feel

55% genome match

Flicker

Theodore Roszak · 1993

Both explore conspiracy & reality

54% genome match

A Frolic of His Own

William Gaddis

Same literary feel

55% genome match

Dhalgren

Samuel R. Delany · 1975

Same sci-fi feel

52% genome match