Books like Delta of Venus

Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin reads as sensual, intimate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Virgin and the Gypsy

D. H. Lawrence · 1930

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Dark Flower

John Galsworthy · 1913

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The bloody chamber and other stories

Angela Carter · 1979

Shares the romance + vornate thread

70% genome match

The Rose Tattoo

Tennessee Williams · 1950

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Little Birds

Anaïs Nin · 1979

Shares the romance thread

75% genome match

Salomé

Oscar Wilde · 1893

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters · 1998

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Written on the Body

Jeanette Winterson · 1992

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Il gioco

Milo Manara · 1985

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

New Tales of the Vampires

Anne Rice · 2003

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Justine

Lawrence Durrell · 1957

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Night's Master

Tanith Lee · 1978

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match