Books like The Road to Serfdom

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich A. von Hayek reads as polemical, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Two lucky people

Milton Friedman · 1998

Both explore economics & free markets

68% genome match

A conflict of visions

Thomas Sowell · 1987

Both explore political philosophy & liberty

74% genome match

The worldly philosophers

Robert L. Heilbroner · 1953

Both explore economics

66% genome match

Individualism and economic order

Friedrich A. von Hayek · 1948

Both explore economics & socialism

71% genome match

A treatise on political economy, or, the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth

Jean Baptiste Say · 1803

Both explore economics & free markets

70% genome match

Principles of Economics

N. Gregory Mankiw · 1998

Both explore economics

63% genome match

The Law

Frédéric Bastiat · 1950

Both explore liberty & economics

68% genome match

Human capital

Gary Stanley Becker · 1964

Both explore economics

66% genome match

Ethics and the conduct of business

John Raymond Boatright · 1993

Same business feel

64% genome match

Business ethics

Manuel G. Velasquez · 1982

Same business feel

62% genome match

The Return of Depression Economics

Paul R. Krugman · 1999

Both explore economics

65% genome match

Social problems

Henry George · 1883

Both explore economics

66% genome match