What to Read After Sex and Temperament
Readers who loved Sex and Temperament by Margaret Mead keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where Sex and Temperament is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after Sex and Temperament
The gift
Nisa
Argonauts of the Western Pacific
Europe and the people without history
The Chrysanthemum and the Sword
Purity and Danger
Return to laughter
Veiled sentiments
Cows, pigs, wars, & witches
Neither Man nor Woman
Cannibals and kings
Savage Mind (Nature of Human Society)
Witchcraft, oracles, and magic among the Azande
Male and female
Sex and repression in savage society
The Rise of Anthropological Theory
Human osteology
International politics on the world stage
Gender Diversity
Nest in the Wind
Outline of a theory of practice
The Sexual Life of Savages in North Western Melanesia
The Silent Language
The Forest of Symbols