Books like Petals on the Wind
Petals on the Wind by V.C. Andrews reads as dark, melodramatic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Gates of Paradise
V.C. Andrews · 1989
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80% genome match
The Damnation Game
Clive Barker
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69% genome match
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe in Five Volumes
Edgar Allan Poe · 1903
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69% genome match
The Shivering Sands
Eleanor Burford · 1750
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69% genome match
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Ray Bradbury · 1962
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69% genome match
Phantom
Susan Kay · 1990
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69% genome match
Ghost Story
Peter Straub · 1979
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69% genome match
Uncle Silas
Sheridan Le Fanu · 1864
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69% genome match
Faerie Tale
Raymond E. Feist · 1988
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69% genome match
Affinity
Sarah Waters · 1999
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69% genome match
House of Salt and Sorrows
Erin A. Craig · 2019
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69% genome match
The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer
Ridley Pearson · 2001
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69% genome match
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