Books like Use of Weapons
Use of Weapons by Iain M. Banks reads as dark, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Slow Bullets
Alastair Reynolds · 2015
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Children of Memory
Adrian Tchaikovsky · 2022
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Beloved
Toni Morrison · 1987
Shares the history + human thread
69% genome match
The Woman Who Lost Her Soul
Bob Shacochis · 2013
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong · 2016
Shares the history + human thread
69% genome match
Empire of Silence
Christopher Ruocchio
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The white hotel
D. M. Thomas · 1981
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Consider Phlebas
Iain M. Banks · 1987
Shares the human thread
83% genome match
De aanslag
Harry Mulisch · 1982
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Angle of Repose
Wallace Stegner · 2009
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?
Mahmud Darwish · 1995
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
The Bass Rock
Evie Wyld · 2020
Shares the human + unreliable thread
69% genome match
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