Books like Thing Explainer

Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe reads as playful, informative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A Brief History of Time

Stephen Hawking · 1988

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

The Way Things Work

David Macaulay · 1988

Same nonfiction feel

50% genome match

Physics

Douglas C. Giancoli · 1980

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

Relativity Visualized

Lewis C. Epstein · 1984

Same nonfiction feel

50% genome match

Disturbing the universe

Freeman J. Dyson · 1979

Both explore technology

52% genome match

College physics

Randall Dewey Knight · 2006

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

Physics for scientists and engineers

Paul A. Tipler · 1990

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

The Elegant Universe

Brian Greene · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

Fundamentals Of Electricity And Magnetism

McGraw-Hill · 2001

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

An introduction to quantum physics

A. P. French · 1978

Same nonfiction feel

48% genome match

University physics

Hugh D. Young · 2009

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

University physics

Francis Weston Sears · 1949

Same nonfiction feel

44% genome match