Books like An introduction to fiction

An introduction to fiction by Stanton, Robert reads as instructional, academic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

How to read literature like a professor

Thomas C. Foster · 2002

Both explore literary analysis & symbolism

83% genome match

Write on

David Lodge · 1986

Both explore fiction

63% genome match

Library Looking-Glass

Lord David Cecil · 1975

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Great novelists and their novels

William Somerset Maugham · 1948

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

Two cheers for democracy

E. M. Forster · 1951

Same nonfiction feel

55% genome match

Story and structure

Laurence Perrine · 1959

Both explore literary analysis & narrative

53% genome match

The Lonely Voice

Frank O'Connor · 1963

Both explore character & narrative

69% genome match

Perrine's literature, Structure, sound and sense--Eighth edition

Thomas R. Arp · 2001

Both explore literary analysis & fiction

67% genome match

Literature--Structure, Sound, and Sense--Sixth Edition

Laurnce Perrine · 1993

Both explore literary analysis & fiction

67% genome match

Jung's map of the soul

Murray Stein · 1998

Both explore symbolism

60% genome match

Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces

Burton Beers · 1991

Both explore literary analysis

63% genome match

Life and art

Thomas Hardy · 1921

Same nonfiction feel

53% genome match