Books like The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis reads as investigative, mysterious. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Missoula

Jon Krakauer · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

One River

Wade Davis · 1996

Both explore ethnobotany

65% genome match

The Lost City of Z

David Grann · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Seven Years in Tibet

Heinrich Harrer · 1953

Both explore cultural immersion

63% genome match

Arabian sands

Wilfred Thesiger · 1959

Both explore cultural immersion

61% genome match

Born to Run

Christopher McDougall · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Endurance

Alfred Lansing · 1959

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match

The Outlaw Ocean

Ian Urbina · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Barbarian days

William Finnegan · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The indifferent stars above

Daniel James Brown · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The Great Railway Bazaar

Paul Theroux · 1975

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The Worst Journey in the World

Apsley Cherry-Garrard · 1922

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match