Books like The Second Machine Age

The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson reads as analytical, informative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Singularity Is Near

Ray Kurzweil · 2005

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

AI superpowers

Kai-Fu Lee · 2018

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

The Man from the Future

Ananyo Bhattacharya · 2021

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The Big Nine

Amy Webb · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Money

Jacob Goldstein · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Moral Ambition

Rutger Bregman · 2024

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

A history of the world in 100 objects

Neil MacGregor · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The human animal

Desmond Morris · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Faster

James Gleick · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Foragers, farmers, and fossil fuels

Ian Morris · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Sapiens

Yuval Noah Harari · 2011

Same nonfiction feel

83% genome match

Cows, pigs, wars, & witches

Marvin Harris · 1974

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match