Books like Thérèse Raquin

Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola reads as dark, suspenseful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

La Bête humaine

Émile Zola

Both explore murder & violence

91% genome match

Cousin Bette

Honoré de Balzac

Both explore obsession

63% genome match

Original Short Stories

Guy De Maupassant · 2025

Both explore psychology & love

60% genome match

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe · 1958

Same classic feel

52% genome match

The Mayor of Casterbridge

Thomas Hardy · 1886

Both explore guilt

59% genome match

The White Tiger

Aravind Adiga · 2008

Same literary feel

53% genome match

Of Human Bondage

W. Somerset Maugham · 1915

Both explore obsession

52% genome match

The Fixer

Bernard Malamud

Both explore violence

53% genome match

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton · 1911

Same classic feel

51% genome match

The Mill on the Floss

George Eliot · 1860

Both explore love

51% genome match

East of Eden

John Steinbeck · 1952

Same classic feel

47% genome match

Les Misérables

Victor Hugo · 1862

Same classic feel

47% genome match