Books like Today's isms

Today's isms by Alan O. Ebenstein reads as analytical, informative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Karl Marx

Isaiah Berlin · 1939

Both explore social theory

68% genome match

Democracy ancient and modern

M. I. Finley · 1973

Both explore historical analysis

68% genome match

The war against the Jews, 1933-1945

Lucy S. Dawidowicz · 1975

Both explore historical analysis

64% genome match

Marx

Peter Singer · 1980

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt · 1951

Same nonfiction feel

46% genome match

Escape from Freedom

Erich Fromm · 1941

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Prisons we choose to live inside

Doris Lessing · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The Collected Essays, Journalism and Letters of George Orwell

George Orwell · 1968

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The Anatomy of Fascism (Allen Lane History)

Robert O. Paxton · 2004

Both explore historical analysis

62% genome match

The Ordeal of Change

Eric Hoffer · 1963

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Philosophy, politics and society

Peter Laslett · 1956

Both explore social theory

62% genome match

End and Beginning

Franz Borkenau · 1981

Both explore historical analysis

62% genome match