Books like Travels with Charley

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck reads as warm, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Malcolm X · 1965

Shares the justice + vvoice thread

72% genome match

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates · 2015

Shares the justice + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Born a Crime

Trevor Noah · 2016

Shares the justice + vvoice thread

69% genome match

March: Book One

John Lewis · 2013

Shares the justice + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Bound for Glory

Woody Guthrie · 1943

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

The Autobiography of Mark Twain

Mark Twain · 1917

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

Down and Out in Paris and London

George Orwell · 1933

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

How To Slowly Kill Yourself And Others In America Essays

Kiese Laymon · 2013

Shares the justice + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Nickel and Dimed

Barbara Ehrenreich · 2001

Shares the justice thread

83% genome match

The Glass Castle

Jeannette Walls · 2005

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou · 1969

Shares the justice + vvoice thread

69% genome match

Up from Slavery

Booker T. Washington · 2002

Shares the vvoice thread

69% genome match