Books like Playing and reality

Playing and reality by D. W. Winnicott reads as theoretical, profound. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Dream Psychology

Sigmund Freud · 2017

Both explore psychoanalysis

66% genome match

Field theory in social science

Lewin, Kurt · 1951

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Modern man in search of a soul

Carl Gustav Jung · 1933

Same philosophy feel

61% genome match

Sex and repression in savage society

Bronisław Malinowski · 1927

Both explore psychoanalysis

63% genome match

Psychology

William James · 1892

Same philosophy feel

61% genome match

Childhood and society

Erik H. Erikson · 1950

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Denkwürdigkeiten eines Nervenkranken

Daniel Paul Schreber · 1903

Both explore psychoanalysis

61% genome match

Das verbannte Wissen

Alice Miller · 1990

Both explore psychoanalysis

60% genome match

Psychopathia sexualis

Richard von Krafft-Ebing · 1886

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Hamlet and Oedipus

Ernest Jones · 1949

Both explore psychoanalysis

63% genome match

The uses of enchantment

Bruno Bettelheim · 1976

Both explore psychoanalysis

59% genome match

Theories of Personality

Jess Feist · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match