Books like The Alchemist, 1612
The Alchemist, 1612 by Ben Jonson reads as satirical, witty. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson · 1631
Shares the ambition + vornate thread
76% genome match
The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe · 1818
Shares the ambition + vornate thread
69% genome match
Tartuffe
Molière · 1707
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Julius Caesar
William Shakespeare · 1656
Shares the ambition + vornate thread
69% genome match
Wallenstein
Friedrich Schiller · 1800
Shares the ambition + vornate thread
69% genome match
Macbeth, Cloth, It
Giuseppe Verdi · 1847
Shares the ambition + vornate thread
69% genome match
Plays
Richard Brinsley Sheridan · 1795
Shares the vornate thread
72% genome match
Love for Love
William Congreve · 1695
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Cyrano de Bergerac
Edmond Rostand · 1821
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
The rehearsal
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham · 1672
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Don Giovanni
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart · 1800
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Memoirs of a Geisha
Arthur Golden · 1997
Shares the ambition + vornate thread
69% genome match
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