Books like Without sanctuary

Without sanctuary by James Allen reads as harrowing, somber. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Getting away with murder

Chris Crowe · 2003

Both explore racism & injustice

69% genome match

Rope & faggot

Walter Francis White · 1929

Both explore racism & lynching

67% genome match

Blood Done Sign My Name

Timothy B. Tyson · 2004

Both explore racism & memory

61% genome match

Picking Cotton

Jennifer Thompson-Cannino · 2009

Both explore memory

56% genome match

Klan-Destine Relationships

Daryl Davis · 1997

Both explore racism

54% genome match

The New Jim Crow

Michelle Alexander · 2010

Same nonfiction feel

50% genome match

Among the lowest of the dead

David von Drehle · 1995

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Southern horrors and other writings

Ida B. Wells-Barnett · 1996

Both explore racism & injustice

69% genome match

Ten days in a mad-house

Nellie Bly · 1905

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

The Innocent Man

John Grisham · 2006

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

Solitary

Albert Woodfox · 2019

Both explore injustice & racism

52% genome match

The 57 Bus

Dashka Slater · 2017

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match