Books like Sexing the Cherry
Sexing the Cherry by Jeanette Winterson reads as playful, lyrical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Written on the Body
Jeanette Winterson · 1992
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
The bloody chamber and other stories
Angela Carter · 1979
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Devourers
Indra Das · 2016
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
The silver metal lover
Tanith Lee · 1981
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Feux
Marguerite Yourcenar · 1973
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Poor things
Alasdair Gray · 1992
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
Ellen Datlow · 1998
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Smoke and Mirrors
Neil Gaiman
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Wicked
Gregory Maguire · 1995
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Tipping the Velvet
Sarah Waters · 1998
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1951
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
The Virgin and the Gypsy
D. H. Lawrence · 1930
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
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