Books like The Fiery Cross

The Fiery Cross by Diana Gabaldon reads as immersive, epic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Written in My Own Heart's Blood

Diana Gabaldon

Shares the history thread

93% genome match

Written in My Own Hearts Blood

Various · 2014

Both explore war & family

78% genome match

And Quiet Flows the Don

Mikhail Sholokhov

Shares the history thread

76% genome match

The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Steven Erikson

Shares the history thread

71% genome match

Blood of Tyrants

Naomi Novik

Shares the history thread

72% genome match

The Silmarillion

J.R.R. Tolkien · 1977

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honoree Fanonne Jeffers · 2021

Shares the history thread

70% genome match

Strange the Dreamer

Laini Taylor

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Blue at the Mizzen

Patrick O'Brian

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

The bronze horseman

Paullina Simons · 2000

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Ashes in the Wind

Kathleen E. Woodiwiss

Shares the history thread

69% genome match

Fog Magic

Julia L. Sauer · 1986

Shares the history thread

69% genome match