Books like Heartless

Heartless by Marissa Meyer reads as whimsical, tragic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

How They Met, and Other Stories

David Levithan · 2008

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

73% genome match

The Last Days of Pompeii

Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1800

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

70% genome match

Lovely War

Julie Berry · 2019

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

70% genome match

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende · 1987

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

El caballero de Olmedo

Lope de Vega · 1606

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1483

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Troy

Adele Geras · 2002

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

70% genome match

Samarcande

Amin Maalouf · 1988

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Romeo y Julieta (adaptation)

William Shakespeare · 1863

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Liliom, egy csirkefogó élete és halála

Ferenc Molnár · 1909

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Pandosto

Robert Greene · 1588

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

70% genome match

Evgeniĭ Onegin

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1833

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match