Books like Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses by Ovid reads as epic, dramatic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Apollonius Rhodius

Apollonius Rhodius · 1550

Shares the lovetime + vornate thread

83% genome match

Works (38 plays, 5 poems, sonnets)

William Shakespeare · 1838

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82% genome match

The Odyssey

Homer · -800

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83% genome match

La Divina Commedia

Dante Alighieri · 1472

Shares the maximal + vornate thread

73% genome match

The Life and Death of Jason

William Morris · 1867

Shares the lovetime + vornate thread

78% genome match

Paradise Lost

John Milton · 1667

Shares the maximal + vornate thread

69% genome match

Heroides

Ovid · 1502

Shares the lovetime + vornate thread

73% genome match

Dune Messiah

Frank Herbert · 1969

Shares the maximal + lovetime thread

69% genome match

The Nibelungenlied

Anonymous · 1962

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69% genome match

Hong lou meng

Tsʻao, Hsüeh-chʻin. · 1900

Shares the maximal + lovetime thread

69% genome match

The Fall of Hyperion

Dan Simmons · 1990

Shares the lovetime + maximal thread

69% genome match

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville · 1851

Shares the maximal + lovetime thread

69% genome match