Books like The rising sun

The rising sun by John Willard Toland reads as analytical, dramatic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Victory in Europe

Max Hastings · 1985

Both explore world war ii & military strategy

72% genome match

Patton

Blumenson, Martin. · 1986

Both explore leadership & world war ii

70% genome match

The Victors

Stephen E. Ambrose · 1998

Both explore world war ii & leadership

73% genome match

Ardennes 1944

Antony Beevor · 2015

Both explore world war ii & military strategy

70% genome match

The Guns at Last Light

Rick Atkinson · 2013

Both explore world war ii & military strategy

68% genome match

"And I was there"

Layton, Edwin T. · 1985

Both explore leadership

65% genome match

The struggle for Europe

Chester Wilmot · 1952

Both explore world war ii & military strategy

64% genome match

The Greatest Generation

Tom Brokaw · 1998

Both explore world war ii

63% genome match

Europe's Last Summer

David Fromkin · 2004

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Six Days of War

Michael B. Oren · 2002

Both explore military strategy

61% genome match

The mighty endeavor

Charles Brown MacDonald · 1969

Both explore leadership

65% genome match

No Ordinary Time

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match