Books like Madam, Will You Talk?

Madam, Will You Talk? by Mary Stewart reads as charming, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Window on the Square

Phyllis A. Whitney · 1962

Both explore secrets & love

74% genome match

A Tall Dark Stranger

Joan Smith · 1995

Both explore secrets & danger

74% genome match

The Grey Beginning

Barbara Michaels · 1984

Both explore secrets & danger

74% genome match

Winterwood

Dorothy Eden · 1967

Both explore secrets

67% genome match

The Demon Lover (Chivers Sound Library)

Eleanor Burford · 1982

Both explore secrets & danger

67% genome match

The silver dolphin

Velda Johnston · 1979

Both explore secrets & danger

73% genome match

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier · 1938

Both explore secrets

83% genome match

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë · 1847

Both explore love & secrets

59% genome match

Lady Aurelia's Bequest

Sheila F. Walsh · 1987

Same romance feel

63% genome match

Wuthering Heights

Emily Bronte · 1847

Both explore love

56% genome match

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

Shirley Jackson · 1962

Same mystery feel

57% genome match

Mexican Gothic

Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

Same mystery feel

57% genome match