Books like La Petite Sirene (French Well Loved Tales)

La Petite Sirene (French Well Loved Tales) by Hans Christian Andersen reads as melancholic, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The little mermaid and other fairy tales

Hans Christian Andersen · 1960

Shares the lovetime thread

83% genome match

Love and Longing in Bombay

Vikram Chandra · 1997

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Veinte poemas de amor y una canción desesperada

Pablo Neruda · 1924

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Carson McCullers · 1940

Shares the outsider + lovetime thread

69% genome match

One thousand and one Arabian Nights

Geraldine McCaughrean · 1982

Shares the lovetime thread

69% genome match

Meghadūta

Kālidāsa · 1813

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Call Me by Your Name

Andre Aciman · 2007

Shares the outsider + lovetime thread

69% genome match

Liliom, egy csirkefogó élete és halála

Ferenc Molnár · 1909

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Winesburg, Ohio

Sherwood Anderson · 1919

Shares the outsider + lovetime thread

69% genome match

The Essential Rumi

Rumi · 1995

Shares the lovetime + outsider thread

69% genome match

If Not, Winter

Sappho · 2002

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Troy

Adele Geras · 2002

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match