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Matched on how they feel, not on genre or who made them: the same pull on fourteen measures of character (tone, pace, scale, ambiguity and the rest), read from each title on Taste Buds. About 12 Rules for Life
Books closest to 12 Rules for Life
Beyond Order 2021Also spare, earnest and contemporary
King, warrior, magician, lover 1989Also spare, earnest and character-led
The Autistic Brain 2013Also spare, contemporary and earnest
A Mathematician's Lament 2009Also spare, contemporary and earnest
Sissyphobia 2001Also spare, character-led and contemporary
Why Buddhism is True 2017Also spare, contemporary and classical in form
Turning pro 2012Also spare, contemporary and earnest
Egalitarianism as a revolt against nature, and other essays 1974Also spare, earnest and classical in form- Kingdom of Cain 2025Also earnest, spare and contemporary
Determined 2023Also spare, contemporary and earnest
The antidote 2012Also spare, character-led and contemporary
More than two 2014Also spare, contemporary and earnest
The same feel, in other forms
Films
Belaseshe 2015Also spare, earnest and contemporary
Transcendent Man 2009Also contemporary, earnest and spare
Adam 2009Also spare, contemporary and classical in form
Series
Tsukigakirei 2017Also earnest, classical in form and contemporary
The Red Room 2020Also contemporary, earnest and spare
Between Steps 2026Also earnest, contemporary and spare
Albums
- THE VALOUR HOUR 2026Also character-led, earnest and spare
- Dedication 2026Also spare, character-led and earnest
- Vagabond Skies 2008Also earnest, character-led and classical in form
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