Books like The Psychopath Test

The Psychopath Test by Jon Ronson reads as investigative, humorous. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Brain on fire

Susannah Cahalan · 2012

Both explore diagnosis & mental health

62% genome match

So You've Been Publicly Shamed

Jon Ronson · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

Mr. Wilson's cabinet of wonder

Lawrence Weschler · 1995

Both explore human nature

58% genome match

Breath

James Nestor · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Stiff

Mary Roach · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

What Do You Care What Other People Think?

Richard Phillips Feynman · 1988

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match

The silent twins

Marjorie Wallace · 1986

Both explore mental health

55% genome match

Reaching Down the Rabbit Hole

Allan H. Ropper · 2014

Both explore diagnosis

53% genome match

The Disappearing Spoon

Sam Kean · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

50% genome match

What If?

Randall Munroe · 2014

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

A Short History of Nearly Everything

Bill Bryson · 2003

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

The minds of Billy Milligan

Daniel Keyes · 1981

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match