Books like The Sellout

The Sellout by Paul Beatty reads as witty, experimental. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Breakfast of Champions

Kurt Vonnegut · 1973

Shares the justice + comic thread

83% genome match

Erasure

Percival Everett · 2001

Shares the justice + comic thread

87% genome match

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

George Saunders · 2005

Shares the comic + maximal thread

70% genome match

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Douglas Adams · 1987

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Feet of Clay

Terry Pratchett · 1996

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

A Confederacy of Dunces

John Kennedy Toole · 1980

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift · 1726

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson · 1971

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Ubik

Philip K. Dick · 1969

Shares the maximal + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Dead Souls

Nikolai Gogol · 1842

Shares the comic + maximal thread

69% genome match

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein · 1961

Shares the maximal + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Vile Bodies

Evelyn Waugh · 1930

Shares the comic + vvoice thread

69% genome match