Books like Fire

Fire by Kristin Cashore reads as intense, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Antony and Cleopatra

William Shakespeare · 1734

Shares the power + romance thread

69% genome match

Quo Vadis? Powieść z czasów Nerona

Henryk Sienkiewicz · 1895

Shares the power + romance thread

69% genome match

The Priory of the Orange Tree

Samantha Shannon · 2019

Shares the power thread

69% genome match

Cursed

Marissa Meyer · 2022

Shares the romance thread

70% genome match

Babel

R.F. Kuang · 2022

Shares the power thread

69% genome match

The Great Fire

Shirley Hazzard

Shares the power + romance thread

69% genome match

Mysteries of Thorn Manor

Margaret Rogerson · 2023

Shares the romance thread

69% genome match

Sinner

Maggie Stiefvater · 2014

Shares the romance thread

77% genome match

The Bane Chronicles

Cassandra Clare · 2014

Shares the romance thread

74% genome match

Uprooted

Naomi Novik · 2015

Shares the power thread

69% genome match

The Book of Azrael

Amber Nicole · 2022

Shares the power + romance thread

69% genome match

A history of glitter and blood

Hannah Moskowitz · 2015

Shares the romance thread

77% genome match