Books like Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs reads as adventurous, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Tarzan

Edgar Rice Burroughs · 1994

Both explore nature vs nurture & civilization

85% genome match

Disney's The jungle book

Rudyard Kipling · 1967

Both explore colonialism & nature vs nurture

63% genome match

King Solomon's Mines

H. Rider Haggard · 1885

Same classic feel

83% genome match

Novels (The Call of the Wild / White Fang)

Jack London · 1962

Both explore survival & civilization

70% genome match

The four feathers

A. E. W. Mason · 1901

Both explore colonialism

66% genome match

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson · 1883

Same classic feel

58% genome match

Greenmantle

John Buchan · 1915

Same adventure feel

62% genome match

Under the Andes

Rex Stout · 1984

Both explore survival

61% genome match

Lost Horizon

James Hilton · 1933

Both explore civilization

58% genome match

Durchs wilde Kurdistan

Karl May · 1949

Same adventure feel

60% genome match

The False Prince

Jennifer A. Nielsen · 2012

Both explore identity & survival

67% genome match

Salt water ballads and poems

John Masefield · 1912

Same classic feel

54% genome match