Books like Western Civilizations

Western Civilizations by Joshua Cole reads as academic, informative. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Western Civilization

Jackson J. Spielvogel · 1900

Both explore history & western culture

100% genome match

The Humanistic Tradition

Gloria K. Fiero · 1981

Both explore western culture

73% genome match

Civilization past and present

Thomas Walter Wallbank · 1956

Both explore civilization

69% genome match

Roots of the Western tradition

C. Warren (Charles Warren) Hollister · 1930

Both explore history

67% genome match

The Story of Philosophy

Will Durant · 1926

Both explore history & civilization

64% genome match

Western civilizations, their history and their culture

Edward McNall Burns · 1958

Both explore civilization

64% genome match

Asimov's Guide to the Bible

Isaac Asimov · 1968

Both explore history

61% genome match

The Western heritage

Donald Kagan · 1979

Both explore history

60% genome match

Civilization on trial

Arnold J. Toynbee · 1946

Both explore civilization & history

57% genome match

Genghis Kahn

Harold Lamb · 1926

Same historical feel

57% genome match

Looking at philosophy

Donald Palmer · 1988

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

An introduction to the history of psychology

B. R. Hergenhahn · 1986

Same nonfiction feel

56% genome match