Books like Jewels of the Sun

Jewels of the Sun by Nora Roberts reads as romantic, hopeful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Heart of the Sea

Nora Roberts · 2000

Shares the hopeful thread

77% genome match

Christmas on 4th Street

Susan Mallery · 2013

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Dreams Underfoot

Charles de Lint · 1993

Shares the hopeful thread

73% genome match

Chalice

Robin McKinley · 2008

Shares the hopeful thread

71% genome match

Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la Llorona

Gloria Anzaldúa · 1995

Shares the hopeful thread

71% genome match

Ways of dying

Zakes Mda · 1995

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Evening Class

Maeve Binchy · 1994

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet

Becky Chambers

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

A Court of Frost and Starlight

Sarah J. Maas

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Because of Winn-Dixie

Kate DiCamillo

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

The Inn at Eagle Point

Sherryl Woods · 2009

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match

Heidi

Johanna Spyri

Shares the hopeful thread

69% genome match