Books like The hero with a thousand faces

The hero with a thousand faces by Joseph Campbell reads as analytical, scholarly. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Myths to live by

Joseph Campbell · 1972

Both explore mythology & spirituality

81% genome match

Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken

Carl Gustav Jung · 1961

Both explore psychology & spirituality

72% genome match

He

Robert A. Johnson · 1987

Both explore archetypes & mythology

72% genome match

The gods of the Greeks

Karl Kerényi · 1958

Both explore mythology & archetypes

73% genome match

Amor and Psyche

Erich Neumann · 1956

Both explore mythology & psychology

72% genome match

Die Traumdeutung

Sigmund Freud · 1899

Both explore psychology

51% genome match

Bone

Marion Woodman · 2000

Both explore psychology & spirituality

70% genome match

Women Who Run with the Wolves

Clarissa Pinkola Estés · 1982

Both explore archetypes & mythology

65% genome match

Myth and reality

Mircea Eliade · 1963

Both explore mythology

53% genome match

Iron John

Robert Bly · 1990

Both explore mythology & archetypes

66% genome match

Of water and the spirit

Malidoma Patrice Somé · 1994

Both explore spirituality

64% genome match

Tai yi jin hua zong zhi jin yi

Dongbin Lü · 1931

Both explore spirituality

66% genome match