Books like At swim, two boys

At swim, two boys by Jamie O'Neill reads as poignant, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Swimming-Pool Library

Alan Hollinghurst · 1988

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Justine

Lawrence Durrell · 1957

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Dark Flower

John Galsworthy · 1913

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

An arrow's flight

Mark Merlis · 1998

Shares the romance + vornate thread

73% genome match

Daughter of Smoke and Bone

Laini Taylor · 2001

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Virgin and the Gypsy

D. H. Lawrence · 1930

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The passion

Jeanette Winterson · 1987

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Love in a fallen city

Zhang Ailing · 1985

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The lions of Al-Rassan

Guy Gavriel Kay · 1995

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters · 1998

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Maria (Colección Literatura Universal Alba)

Jorge Isaacs · 1800

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1483

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match