Books like The indifferent stars above

The indifferent stars above by Daniel James Brown reads as somber, harrowing. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Under the Banner of Heaven

Jon Krakauer · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

The Endurance

Caroline Alexander · 1998

Both explore survival & human endurance

71% genome match

Touching the void

Joe Simpson · 1988

Both explore survival & human endurance

66% genome match

In the land of white death

Valerian Ivanovich Alʹbanov · 2000

Both explore survival & human endurance

71% genome match

In the Heart of the Sea

Nathaniel Philbrick · 2000

Both explore survival

65% genome match

La Nuit du Titanic

Walter Lord · 1955

Both explore tragedy & survival

65% genome match

Ghost soldiers

Hampton Sides · 2001

Both explore survival

66% genome match

Above the clouds

Anatoli Boukreev · 2001

Both explore survival & human endurance

67% genome match

Weisse Spinne

Heinrich Harrer · 1959

Both explore survival & human endurance

65% genome match

Fire and Ashes

John N. Maclean · 2003

Both explore tragedy

67% genome match

Black Hawk, Down

Mark Bowden · 1999

Both explore survival

63% genome match

Annapurna-conquest of the first 8000 metre peak

Maurice Herzog · 1951

Both explore survival & human endurance

67% genome match