Books like The Recognitions

The Recognitions by William Gaddis reads as satirical, erudite. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Lanark

Alasdair Gray · 1981

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Quer pasticciaccio brutto de via Merulana

Carlo Emilio Gadda · 1957

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Dhalgren

Samuel R. Delany · 1975

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

At Swim-Two-Birds

Flann O'Brien · 1939

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Quicksilver

Neal Stephenson · 2003

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Travesties

Tom Stoppard · 1975

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov · 1955

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace · 1996

Same literary feel

83% genome match

Slow Learner

Thomas Pynchon · 1984

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Der Butt

Günter Grass · 1977

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Anti-Œdipe

Gilles Deleuze · 1972

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

Michael Chabon

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match