Books like The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton reads as dramatic, tragic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore · 1656

Shares the romance + vornate thread

74% genome match

Pandosto

Robert Greene · 1588

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

73% genome match

Romeo y Julieta (adaptation)

William Shakespeare · 1863

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1483

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

El caballero de Olmedo

Lope de Vega · 1606

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

70% genome match

Lovely War

Julie Berry · 2019

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende · 1987

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Aethiopica

Heliodorus of Emesa · 1534

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Samarcande

Amin Maalouf · 1988

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

The lady of the lake

Sir Walter Scott · 1800

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Two Noble Kinsmen

John Fletcher · 1634

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Evgeniĭ Onegin

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1833

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match