Books like The Obstacle Is the Way

The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday reads as philosophical, inspirational. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Can't Hurt Me

David Goggins · 2018

Shares the escape + history thread

83% genome match

Ego Is the Enemy

Ryan Holiday · 2016

Shares the maximal thread

83% genome match

Educated

Tara Westover · 2018

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Unbroken

Laura Hillenbrand · 2010

Shares the history + escape thread

69% genome match

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls · 2005

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield · 2002

Same self-help feel

57% genome match

Roots

Alex Haley · 1861

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Born a Crime

Trevor Noah · 2016

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

Livia Bitton-Jackson · 1997

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

First They Killed My Father

Loung Ung · 2000

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank / Excerpts from Anne Frank)

Frances Goodrich · 1989

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match

So far from the bamboo grove

Yoko Kawashima Watkins · 1986

Shares the escape + history thread

69% genome match