Books like Frankenstein

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley reads as dark, philosophical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Frankenstein Annotated

Mary Shelley · 2020

Shares the vornate thread

95% genome match

The Tale of the Body Thief

Anne Rice · 1992

Shares the ambition + vornate thread

69% genome match

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov · 1955

Shares the maximal + ambition thread

69% genome match

The Turn of the Screw

Henry James · 1898

Shares the maximal + vornate thread

69% genome match

La Divina Commedia

Dante Alighieri · 1472

Shares the maximal + vornate thread

69% genome match

La légende des siècles

Victor Hugo · 1800

Shares the maximal + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Purple Cloud

M. P. Shiel · 1901

Shares the vornate thread

79% genome match

The Monk: A Romance. In Three Volumes. By M. G. Lewis, ..

Matthew Gregory Lewis · 1794

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match

Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]

William Shakespeare · 1730

Shares the ambition + vornate thread

69% genome match

Fates and Furies

Lauren Groff · 2015

Shares the ambition + maximal thread

69% genome match

Paradise Lost

John Milton · 1667

Shares the maximal + vornate thread

69% genome match

Doctor Faustus

Christopher Marlowe · 1662

Shares the vornate thread

69% genome match