Books like Short stories

Short stories by H. G. Wells reads as speculative, cautionary. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Autour de la lune

Jules Verne · 1865

Same sci-fi feel

61% genome match

The Lost World

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1900

Same sci-fi feel

58% genome match

Robinson Crusoe

Daniel Defoe · 1686

Same classic feel

57% genome match

Looking Backward from 2000 to 1887

Edward Bellamy · 1945

Same sci-fi feel

61% genome match

50 great short stories

Milton Crane · 1952

Both explore human nature & morality

58% genome match

The Innocence of Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery)

Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1583

Both explore human nature

54% genome match

Swiss Family Robinson

Johann David Wyss · 1924

Same classic feel

57% genome match

When Worlds Collide

Philip Wylie · 1932

Same sci-fi feel

55% genome match

MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL

Marvin Kaye · 1985

Both explore human nature

54% genome match

The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural

Bill Pronzini · 1981

Both explore human nature

54% genome match

Fantastic Voyage

Isaac Asimov · 1966

Same sci-fi feel

57% genome match

Le Mystère de la Chambre Jaune

Gaston Leroux · 1908

Same classic feel

52% genome match