Books like The ego and the mechanisms of defence

The ego and the mechanisms of defence by Anna Freud reads as analytical, academic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

New introductory lectures on psycho-analysis

Sigmund Freud · 1933

Both explore psychoanalysis & ego

71% genome match

Systems of psychotherapy

James O. Prochaska · 1979

Both explore psychology & human behavior

69% genome match

The psychology of women

Helene Deutsch · 1944

Both explore psychoanalysis

66% genome match

Menschenkenntnis

Alfred Adler · 1927

Both explore psychology

64% genome match

The crisis of psychoanalysis

Erich Fromm · 1932

Both explore psychoanalysis & psychology

67% genome match

Identity

Erik H. Erikson · 1968

Both explore psychology

66% genome match

Jung's map of the soul

Murray Stein · 1998

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

Theories of personality

Duane P. Schultz · 1976

Both explore psychoanalysis

61% genome match

Myth and reality

Mircea Eliade · 1963

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Current psychotherapies

Raymond J. Corsini · 1973

Both explore human behavior

63% genome match

Essays in applied psycho-analysis

Ernest Jones · 1923

Both explore psychoanalysis & psychology

62% genome match

Solitude

Anthony Storr · 1988

Same nonfiction feel

57% genome match