Books like The killing of the unicorn

The killing of the unicorn by Peter Bogdanovich reads as melancholic, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Quintana & friends

John Gregory Dunne · 1978

Shares the quiet thread

71% genome match

Just Kids

Patti Smith · 2010

Shares the quiet thread

69% genome match

The men in my life

Patricia Bosworth · 2017

Both explore hollywood & loss

73% genome match

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer · 1996

Shares the quiet thread

69% genome match

Insomniac City

Bill Hayes · 2017

Shares the quiet thread

69% genome match

The Year of Magical Thinking

Joan Didion · 2005

Shares the quiet thread

69% genome match

Letters to Kurt

Eric Erlandson · 2012

Shares the quiet thread

69% genome match

Lucky man

Michael J. Fox · 1998

Both explore hollywood

62% genome match

The Hollywood murder casebook

Michael Munn · 1987

Both explore hollywood & celebrity

64% genome match

I Feel Bad About My Neck

Nora Ephron · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Hollywood Babylon II

Kenneth Anger · 1984

Both explore hollywood & celebrity

66% genome match

Unthinkable

Jamie Raskin · 2022

Both explore loss

65% genome match