Books like Great Short Stories of the World
Great Short Stories of the World by Isak Dinesen reads as elegant, melancholy. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Seven Gothic tales
Isak Dinesen · 1934
Shares the lovetime + vornate thread
83% genome match
L'homme qui rit
Victor Hugo · 1800
Shares the lovetime + vornate thread
73% genome match
Great Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe [21 stories, 34 poems]
Edgar Allan Poe · 1940
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1850
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
The bloody chamber and other stories
Angela Carter · 1979
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Metamorphoses
Ovid · 1479
Shares the lovetime + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Return of the Native
Thomas Hardy · 1878
Shares the lovetime + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Hill of Dreams
Arthur Machen · 1907
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL
Marvin Kaye · 1985
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Goblin market
Christina Georgina Rosetti · 1865
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Wieland
Charles Brockden Brown · 1798
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Blood Meridian
Cormac McCarthy · 1985
Shares the lovetime + vornate thread
69% genome match
Find your next read by its genome
Tell Novelome one book you love — get recommendations tuned to your taste, including the ones other sites never surface.
Start free →More readalikes: Books like Atomic Habits · Books like The 48 Laws of Power · Books like It Ends with Us · Books like Rich Dad Poor Dad · Books like The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck · Books like Control Your Mind and Master Your Feelings · Books like It Starts with Us · Books like Think and Grow Rich