Books like Trickster Makes This World

Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde reads as academic, insightful. 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

60% genome match

Myth and reality

Mircea Eliade · 1963

Both explore mythology

59% genome match

The Seven Basic Plots

Christopher Booker · 2004

Both explore mythology

65% genome match

The educated imagination

Northrop Frye · 1963

Both explore mythology

65% genome match

The Golden Bough

James George Frazer · 1890

Both explore mythology & folklore

59% genome match

Supergods

Grant Morrison · 2011

Both explore mythology & creativity

61% genome match

Fairy Tale in the Ancient World

Graham Anderson · 2000

Both explore folklore & mythology

63% genome match

Erinnerungen, Träume, Gedanken

Carl Gustav Jung · 1961

Both explore mythology

57% genome match

Individuation in fairy tales

Marie-Louise von Franz · 1977

Both explore mythology

60% genome match

Six guns and society

Will Wright · 1975

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

The Book of the Dead

E. A. Wallis Budge · 1894

Both explore mythology

54% genome match

Iron John

Robert Bly · 1990

Both explore mythology

55% genome match