Books like The men who stare at goats

The men who stare at goats by Jon Ronson reads as investigative, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Right Stuff

Tom Wolfe

Both explore military

58% genome match

Poison penmanship

Jessica Mitford · 1979

Both explore journalism

61% genome match

Stranger Than Fiction

Chuck Palahniuk · 2004

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

Toby Young · 2001

Same literary feel

59% genome match

The armies of the night

Norman Mailer · 1968

Both explore journalism

56% genome match

Dispatches

Michael Herr · 1977

Both explore journalism

53% genome match

A Futile and Stupid Gesture

Josh Karp · 2006

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

God'll cut you down

John Safran · 2014

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Generation of swine

Hunter S. Thompson · 1988

Both explore journalism

55% genome match

Wild ducks flying backward

Tom Robbins · 2005

Same literary feel

53% genome match

All the President's Men

Carl Bernstein · 1974

Same nonfiction feel

50% genome match

Charles Bukowski

Howard Sounes · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match