Books like Romeo y Julieta (adaptation)

Romeo y Julieta (adaptation) by William Shakespeare reads as tragic, passionate. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Romeo and Juliet / West Side Story

William Shakespeare · 1965

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

90% genome match

El caballero de Olmedo

Lope de Vega · 1606

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

73% genome match

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1483

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

70% genome match

The Last Days of Pompeii

Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1800

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Pandosto

Robert Greene · 1588

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

72% genome match

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende · 1987

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Don Juan Tenorio

José Zorrilla · 1892

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Faust

Charles Gounod · 1800

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Samarcande

Amin Maalouf · 1988

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Aethiopica

Heliodorus of Emesa · 1534

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

The Two Noble Kinsmen

John Fletcher · 1634

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Lovely War

Julie Berry · 2019

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match