Books like Utopia for Realists

Utopia for Realists by Rutger Bregman reads as optimistic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Edible Economics

Ha-Joon Chang · 2022

Both explore social justice

62% genome match

AI superpowers

Kai-Fu Lee · 2018

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Second Machine Age

Erik Brynjolfsson · 2014

Same business feel

60% genome match

Humankind

Rutger Bregman · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Everything is F*cked

Mark Manson · 2019

Same self-help feel

56% genome match

Money

Jacob Goldstein · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Globalization and its discontents

Joseph E. Stiglitz · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

The human animal

Desmond Morris · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Grand Pursuit

Sylvia Nasar · 2011

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

Trade Wars Are Class Wars

Matthew C. Klein · 2020

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

A history of the world in 100 objects

Neil MacGregor · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Saving capitalism

Robert B. Reich · 2015

Both explore social justice

57% genome match