Books like The little foxes

The little foxes by Lillian Hellman reads as tense, cynical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Not about nightingales

Tennessee Williams · 1998

Both explore power

58% genome match

Beyond the horizon

Eugene O'Neill · 1920

Same drama feel

61% genome match

Endless Night

Agatha Christie · 1905

Shares the ambition thread

69% genome match

August

Tracy Letts · 2007

Same drama feel

55% genome match

Seven Plays (Buried Child / Curse of the Starving Class / The Tooth of Crime / La Turista / Tongues / Savage Love / True West)

Sam Shepard · 1981

Same drama feel

55% genome match

Bel-Ami

Guy de Maupassant · 1893

Shares the ambition thread

69% genome match

Atlas Shrugged

Ayn Rand · 1936

Shares the ambition thread

69% genome match

Crimes of the heart

Beth Henley · 1982

Both explore betrayal

52% genome match

The Crucible

Arthur Miller · 1953

Both explore power

62% genome match

Goldfinger

Ian Fleming · 1958

Shares the ambition thread

69% genome match

Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet · 1984

Shares the ambition thread

69% genome match

Six Plays

Lillian Hellman · 1934

Both explore betrayal

67% genome match