Books like The Wages of Destruction

The Wages of Destruction by J. Adam Tooze reads as analytical, somber. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Goebbels

Peter Longerich · 2015

Both explore world war ii & totalitarianism

65% genome match

Stalin

Simon Sebag-Montefiore · 2003

Both explore totalitarianism

62% genome match

Hitler & Stalin

Alan Bullock · 1940

Both explore totalitarianism & world war ii

62% genome match

Hitler

Joachim Fest · 1973

Both explore totalitarianism

63% genome match

The Third Reich in power, 1933-1939

Sir Richard J. Evans FBA FRSL FRHistS · 2005

Both explore nazi germany & totalitarianism

62% genome match

Hitler

Volker Ullrich · 2001

Both explore world war ii & totalitarianism

65% genome match

Stalin

Robert Service · 2004

Both explore totalitarianism

61% genome match

Hitler, 1889-1936

Ian Kershaw · 1998

Both explore world war ii

63% genome match

Hitler's Hangman

Robert Gerwarth · 2011

Both explore nazi germany & totalitarianism

62% genome match

The making of Adolf Hitler

Eugene Davidson · 1977

Both explore nazi germany

62% genome match

Hitler and Nazi Germany

Jackson J. Spielvogel · 1988

Both explore world war ii & totalitarianism

57% genome match

Albert Speer

Gitta Sereny · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match