Books like The Ugly American

The Ugly American by William J. Lederer reads as critical, cautionary. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Mitrokhin Archive II

Christopher M. Andrew · 2005

Both explore cold war

63% genome match

Spycatcher

Peter Wright · 1987

Both explore cold war

62% genome match

Cia

William Blum · 1995

Both explore cold war

65% genome match

Red Horizons

Ion Mihai Pacepa · 1987

Both explore cold war

59% genome match

With the old breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa

E. B. Sledge · 1981

Same historical feel

62% genome match

La cité de la joie

Dominique Lapierre · 1985

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

The fall of Yugoslavia

Misha Glenny · 1992

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly · 2016

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Black like me

John Howard Griffin · 1960

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

All God's children

Fox Butterfield · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The People of the Abyss

Jack London · 1900

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

Before the Mayflower

Lerone Bennett · 1960

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match