Books like Pragmatics of human communication

Pragmatics of human communication by Paul Watzlawick reads as analytical, academic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Steps to an ecology of mind

Gregory Bateson · 1972

Both explore systems theory

56% genome match

The power tactics of Jesus Christ, and other essays

Jay Haley · 1969

Both explore psychotherapy

54% genome match

Autopoiesis and cognition

Humberto R. Maturana · 1899

Both explore systems theory

54% genome match

The Fall of Public Man

Richard Sennett · 1977

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

How real is real?

Paul Watzlawick · 1976

Same philosophy feel

49% genome match

Outsiders

Howard Saul Becker · 1963

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

The web of life

Fritjof Capra · 1996

Same nonfiction feel

49% genome match

The saturated self

Gergen, Kenneth J. · 1991

Same nonfiction feel

47% genome match

Interaction ritual

Erving Goffman · 1967

Same nonfiction feel

51% genome match

Conformity and conflict

James P. Spradley · 1971

Same nonfiction feel

46% genome match

Nonverbal communication in human interaction

Mark L. Knapp · 1972

Same nonfiction feel

45% genome match

The hidden dimension

Edward Twitchell Hall · 1966

Same nonfiction feel

44% genome match