Books like Legends of the Fall

Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison reads as lyrical, melancholic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Son

Philipp Meyer

Both explore family

73% genome match

Streets of Laredo

Larry McMurtry

Both explore grief

70% genome match

The Homesman

Glendon Swarthout

Both explore grief & family

73% genome match

Warlock

Oakley Hall · 1958

Same literary feel

69% genome match

All the Pretty Horses

Cormac McCarthy · 1992

Same literary feel

67% genome match

The Outlander

Gil Adamson

Both explore grief

68% genome match

Flags on the Bayou

James Lee Burke

Both explore war

69% genome match

The Pistoleer

James Carlos Blake · 1995

Same western feel

69% genome match

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Ron Hansen

Same western feel

67% genome match

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway · 1940

Both explore war

60% genome match

True History of the Kelly Gang

Peter Carey

Both explore family

63% genome match

News of the World

Paulette Jiles · 2016

Same western feel

63% genome match