Books like The Book of the Dead

The Book of the Dead by E. A. Wallis Budge reads as academic, reverent. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The masks of God

Joseph Campbell · 1959

Both explore mythology & spirituality

68% genome match

The collected works of C.G. Jung

Carl Gustav Jung · 1953

Both explore mythology & spirituality

63% genome match

The Greeks and the irrational

E. R. Dodds · 1951

Both explore mythology

65% genome match

The transformation of nature in art

Ananda Coomaraswamy · 1934

Both explore spirituality

64% genome match

Trickster Makes This World

Lewis Hyde · 1997

Both explore mythology

59% genome match

Myth and reality

Mircea Eliade · 1963

Both explore mythology

62% genome match

Mann Moses und die monotheistische Religion

Sigmund Freud · 1932

Same nonfiction feel

59% genome match

In the dark places of wisdom

Peter Kingsley · 1999

Same philosophy feel

57% genome match

Symbol & Magic in Egyptian Art

Richard H. Wilkinson · 1994

Both explore ancient egypt & mythology

73% genome match

Spiritus mundi

Northrop Frye · 1976

Same nonfiction feel

54% genome match

Magic, science and religion

Bronisław Malinowski · 1948

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Pagan theology

Michael York · 2002

Both explore spirituality & mythology

54% genome match