Books like The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare reads as dramatic, tragicomic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Measure for Measure
William Shakespeare · 1700
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74% genome match
The Two Noble Kinsmen
John Fletcher · 1634
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72% genome match
The Jew of Malta
Christopher Marlowe · 1818
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69% genome match
Ben Jonson
Ben Jonson · 1631
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69% genome match
The broken heart
John Ford · 1906
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69% genome match
Faust
Charles Gounod · 1800
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69% genome match
Faust
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · 1800
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69% genome match
Plays (36)
William Shakespeare · 1623
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71% genome match
The Dramatic Works in the Beaumont and Fletcher Canon
John Fletcher · 1983
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69% genome match
'Tis pity she's a whore
John Ford · 1915
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69% genome match
Works [37 plays, 6 poems, sonnets]
William Shakespeare · 1730
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69% genome match
Timon of Athens
William Shakespeare · 1734
Shares the vornate thread
70% genome match
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