Books like What life should mean to you

What life should mean to you by Alfred Adler reads as insightful, practical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The science of living

Alfred Adler · 1929

Both explore individual psychology & personal growth

83% genome match

Become what you are

Alan Watts · 1995

Both explore personal growth

68% genome match

Life choices and life changes through imagework

Dina Glouberman · 1989

Both explore personal growth

70% genome match

Art of Being

Erich Fromm · 1992

Both explore personal growth

66% genome match

The Middle Passage

James Hollis · 1993

Same philosophy feel

65% genome match

She

Robert A. Johnson · 1977

Both explore personal growth

66% genome match

The Gift of Therapy

Irvin D. Yalom · 2002

Same nonfiction feel

65% genome match

Solitude

Anthony Storr · 1988

Both explore personal growth

64% genome match

Gifts differing

Isabel Briggs Myers · 1980

Same self-help feel

63% genome match

Gods In Everyman

Jean Shinoda Bolen · 1989

Both explore personal growth

66% genome match

The Road to Character

David Brooks · 2015

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Personhood

Leo F. Buscaglia · 1978

Both explore personal growth & meaning of life

71% genome match