Books like This Is Your Brain on Music

This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin reads as informative, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Music and the mind

Anthony Storr · 1992

Shares the creativity thread

69% genome match

Intuition pumps and other tools for thinking

Daniel C. Dennett · 2013

Both explore cognitive science

72% genome match

Musicophilia

Oliver Sacks · 2007

Both explore music & neuroscience

83% genome match

Descartes' error

Antonio R. Damasio · 1994

Both explore neuroscience

69% genome match

Art & physics

Leonard Shlain · 1991

Shares the creativity thread

69% genome match

Leonardo

Leonardo da Vinci · 1946

Shares the creativity thread

69% genome match

The Brain That Changes Itself

Norman Doidge · 2007

Both explore cognitive science

63% genome match

Humankind

Rutger Bregman · 2019

Same nonfiction feel

64% genome match

Picasso

Pablo Picasso · 1926

Shares the creativity thread

69% genome match

Making Comics

Scott McCloud · 2006

Shares the creativity thread

69% genome match

Brain, mind, and behavior

Floyd E. Bloom · 1984

Both explore neuroscience

66% genome match

Religion Explained

Pascal Boyer · 2001

Same nonfiction feel

66% genome match