Books like Religion and the Decline of Magic

Religion and the Decline of Magic by Keith Thomas reads as academic, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Trickster travels

Natalie Zemon Davis · 2006

Both explore religion & early modern history

75% genome match

Über den Prozess der Zivilisation

Norbert Elias · 1937

Same nonfiction feel

66% genome match

On religion

Karl Marx · 1955

Both explore religion

65% genome match

Witchcraft

Richard Marshall · 1995

Both explore magic & religion

64% genome match

The city in history

Lewis Mumford · 1961

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

The Origins of Totalitarianism

Hannah Arendt · 1951

Same nonfiction feel

61% genome match

The Triumph of the Moon

Ronald Hutton · 1999

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

Sociological theory

George Ritzer · 1983

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Bourgeois experience

Peter Gay · 1984

Both explore social history

65% genome match

The social construction of reality

Peter L. Berger · 1966

Same philosophy feel

60% genome match

Contemporary sociological theory

Ruth A. Wallace · 1924

Same nonfiction feel

63% genome match

Sociological insight

Randall Collins · 1982

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match