Books like Black Sheep

Black Sheep by Georgette Heyer reads as witty, charming. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Sylvester, or, The Wicked Uncle

Georgette Heyer · 1957

Shares the romance + vornate thread

82% genome match

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare · 1600

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Senhora

José de Alencar · 1900

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Novels (Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice)

Jane Austen · 1994

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Corinne

Germaine de Staël · 1786

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Evelina

Fanny Burney · 1778

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft · 1799

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

A Lady of Quality

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 1896

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Gone With the Wind

Margaret Mitchell · 1936

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Seth Grahame-Smith · 2009

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

A Rose In Winter

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss · 1982

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette · 1678

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match