Books like The Know-It-All

The Know-It-All by Jacobs, A. J. reads as humorous, reflective. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Kasher in the rye

Moshe Kasher · 2012

Both explore family

60% genome match

I love you more than you know

Jonathan Ames · 2005

Both explore family & humor

63% genome match

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

David Sedaris · 2007

Both explore family & humor

62% genome match

Priestdaddy

Patricia Lockwood · 2017

Both explore family

60% genome match

Running with Scissors

Augusten Burroughs · 2002

Both explore humor

56% genome match

A Walk in the Woods

Bill Bryson · 1998

Both explore humor

55% genome match

The Princess Diarist

Carrie Fisher · 2016

Same memoir feel

56% genome match

Getting Stoned With Savages

J. Maarten Troost · 2006

Both explore humor

68% genome match

Broken

Jenny Lawson · 2020

Both explore humor

52% genome match

I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections

Nora Ephron · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

52% genome match

Round Ireland with a fridge

Tony Hawks · 1998

Both explore humor

66% genome match

That's Mr. Faggot to You

Michael Thomas Ford · 1999

Same memoir feel

54% genome match