Books like The People of the Abyss

The People of the Abyss by Jack London reads as stark, empathetic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell

George Orwell · 1968

Both explore poverty

62% genome match

Revolution and Other Essays

Jack London · 1910

Both explore class struggle

61% genome match

You Can't Win

Jack Black · 1926

Both explore social injustice

56% genome match

Behind the Urals

Scott, John · 1942

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Once there was a war

John Steinbeck · 1943

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich · 2001

Both explore poverty

54% genome match

Memoirs of a Revolutionist

Peter Kropotkin · 1899

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Hiroshima

John Hersey · 1946

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

Newjack

Ted Conover · 2000

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Poverty Safari

Darren McGarvey · 2017

Both explore poverty

55% genome match

Quarto de Despejo

Carolina Maria de Jesus · 1960

Both explore poverty

51% genome match

Ten Days That Shook the World

John Reed · 1919

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match