Books like Elric of Melniboné

Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock reads as dark, epic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Perdido Street Station

China Miéville · 2000

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69% genome match

The essential Clive Barker

Clive Barker · 1999

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69% genome match

The King in Yellow

Robert W. Chambers · 1895

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69% genome match

The Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

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69% genome match

Palace of Illusions

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · 2008

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69% genome match

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde · 1890

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69% genome match

Star Wars Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Matthew Woodring Stover · 2005

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69% genome match

A Court of Wings and Ruin

Sarah J. Maas · 2017

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69% genome match

A Tale of Two Cities

Charles Dickens · 1859

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69% genome match

The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen · 1894

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69% genome match

Dreamsongs, Volume II

George R. R. Martin · 2007

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69% genome match

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon · 2019

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69% genome match