Books like Genji monogatari

Genji monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu reads as elegant, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Доктор Живаго

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak · 1957

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69% genome match

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert · 1856

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Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette · 1678

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A Suitable Boy

Vikram Seth · 1993

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Effi Briest

Theodor Fontane · 1894

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Evgeniĭ Onegin

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1833

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A ilustre casa de Ramires

Eça de Queiroz · 1900

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Doctor Zhivago

Boris Pasternak · 1957

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The egoist

George Meredith · 1879

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Phineas Finn, the Irish member

Anthony Trollope · 1867

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Hong lou meng

Tsʻao, Hsüeh-chʻin. · 1900

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Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare · 1600

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