Books like Primitive culture

Primitive culture by Edward B. Tylor reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Golden Bough

James George Frazer · 1890

Both explore anthropology

65% genome match

Ancient Society (The John Harvard Library)

Lewis Henry Morgan · 1877

Both explore anthropology

67% genome match

Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art

Richard H. Wilkinson · 1994

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

An encyclopædia of occultism

Lewis Spence · 1920

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match

Sex and repression in savage society

Bronisław Malinowski · 1927

Both explore anthropology

69% genome match

Inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations

Adam Smith · 1788

Same nonfiction feel

67% genome match

La Poetica

Aristotle · 1479

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match

Drei Abhandlungen zur Sexualtheorie

Sigmund Freud · 1905

Both explore human development

68% genome match

Il formaggio e i vermi

Carlo Ginzburg · 1976

Both explore belief systems

65% genome match

The principles of psychology

William James · 1890

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

The social construction of reality

Peter L. Berger · 1966

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match

Motivation and personality

Abraham H. Maslow · 1954

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match