Books like Ego Is the Enemy

Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday reads as philosophical, practical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Obstacle Is the Way

Ryan Holiday · 2014

Shares the maximal thread

83% genome match

The War of Art

Steven Pressfield · 2002

Same self-help feel

53% genome match

How to Be Free

Epictetus · 2018

Both explore stoicism

64% genome match

Surrounded by Idiots

Thomas Erikson · 2014

Same self-help feel

58% genome match

Quiet

Susan Cain · 2012

Shares the maximal thread

69% genome match

The Four Agreements

Don Miguel Ruiz · 1997

Shares the maximal thread

69% genome match

Tools of Titans

Timothy Ferriss · 2016

Both explore success

59% genome match

Stoic Warriors

Nancy Sherman · 2005

Both explore stoicism

63% genome match

The Sixth Extinction

Elizabeth Kolbert · 2014

Shares the maximal thread

69% genome match

Letters from a Stoic

Seneca the Younger · 1969

Both explore stoicism

57% genome match

Guns, Germs, and Steel

Jared Diamond · 1997

Shares the maximal thread

69% genome match

The Gift of Fear

Gavin de Becker · 1997

Same self-help feel

54% genome match