Books like The Kreutzer sonata and other stories

The Kreutzer sonata and other stories by Лев Толстой reads as intense, moralistic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Great short works of Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 · 1967

Both explore morality

67% genome match

Voskresenīe

Лев Толстой · 1899

Both explore morality & hypocrisy

63% genome match

East of Eden

John Steinbeck · 1952

Same classic feel

60% genome match

Effi Briest

Theodor Fontane · 1894

Both explore societal constraints & marriage

60% genome match

Billy Budd and Other Tales

Herman Melville · 1961

Both explore morality

60% genome match

The Mysterious Stranger

Mark Twain · 1916

Both explore morality

54% genome match

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison · 1952

Same classic feel

52% genome match

The Red and the Black

Stendhal · 1830

Both explore hypocrisy

60% genome match

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

Leo Tolstoy · 1886

Same classic feel

83% genome match

Therese Raquin

Émile Zola · 1900

Same literary feel

54% genome match

Gospoda Golovlevy

Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin · 1922

Both explore hypocrisy

56% genome match

San Manuel Bueno, mártir

Miguel de Unamuno · 1933

Both explore hypocrisy

54% genome match