Books like Les Enfants Terribles
Les Enfants Terribles by Jean Cocteau reads as melancholic, intense. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Livro do Desassossego
Fernando Pessoa · 1982
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69% genome match
A Game of You
Neil Gaiman · 1993
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The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss · 2007
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Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel Garcia Marquez · 1985
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69% genome match
Death in Venice
Thomas Mann · 1912
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69% genome match
Phantom
Susan Kay · 1990
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69% genome match
The Secret History
Donna Tartt · 1992
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83% genome match
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice · 1976
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69% genome match
The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien · 1954
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69% genome match
The Famished Road
Ben Okri · 1991
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69% genome match
The king of Elfland's daughter
Lord Dunsany · 1924
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69% genome match
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad · 1899
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69% genome match
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