Books like Como agua para chocolate

Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel reads as passionate, whimsical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende · 1987

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match

Crescent

Diana Abu-Jaber · 2002

Shares the romance thread

76% genome match

Gabriela, Cravo e Canela

Jorge Leal Amado de Faria · 1962

Shares the romance thread

74% genome match

La ley del amour

Laura Esquivel · 1995

Shares the romance thread

74% genome match

The passion

Jeanette Winterson · 1987

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match

Hadriana dans tous mes rêves

René Depestre · 1988

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match

Aura

Carlos Fuentes · 1962

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match

A Noite do Tigre

Yangsze Choo · 2019

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match

Collected Stories

Gabriel García Márquez · 1984

Both explore love

61% genome match

La tía Julia y el escribidor

Mario Vargas Llosa · 1977

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match

Dreaming in Cuban

Cristina García · 1992

Both explore family & magic

68% genome match

Heart of the Sea

Nora Roberts · 2000

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match