If you loved
Books like Them
A hilarious, slightly unnerving road trip through the looking-glass of fringe beliefs and the people who hold them. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Them.
- absurdist
- surreal
- mildly paranoid
- darkly comedic
- 01
The men who stare at goats
Jon Ronson · 2004
A deadpan, darkly hilarious descent into the surreal and unsettling world of military parapsychology.
- 02
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson
A darkly funny, slightly paranoid plunge into the blurry line between eccentricity and clinical madness.
- 03
The Illuminati
Jim Marrs
An investigative plunge into the shadowy corridors of power, exploring the clandestine forces alleged to be steering global history.
- 04
Dark Money
Jane Mayer
A meticulously documented exposé that reads like a political thriller, unraveling the hidden financial networks that have quietly rewired American democracy.
- 05
Crazy like us
Ethan Watters
A paradigm-shifting journey that dismantles everything you thought you knew about the universality of the human mind.
- 06
America (the book)
Jon Stewart and The Writers of The Daily Show · 2004
A laugh-out-loud, mock-educational romp through the hypocrisies and absurdities of the American political system.
- 07
The strange death of Europe
Douglas Murray
A somber, urgent lament for a continent's shifting cultural identity and uncertain future.
- 08
Black Klansman
Ron Stallworth
A tense, almost surreal true-crime memoir that exposes the absurdity of organized hate through an audacious undercover operation.
- 09
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Chuck Klosterman
A hyper-caffeinated, wildly entertaining deep dive into the profound philosophical truths hidden inside our trashiest pop culture.
- 10
Notes from a Big Country
Bill Bryson
A hilarious, slightly cranky re-acclimation to American life through the eyes of a returning expat.
- 11
Coders
Clive Thompson
An immersive, anthropological deep-dive into the minds and culture of the people quietly engineering our modern reality.
- 12
Earth (The Book)
Jon Stewart
A hilarious, faux-encyclopedic autopsy of human civilization designed to explain our ridiculous existence to the aliens who eventually find our ruins.
