Books like The Swimming-Pool Library

The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst reads as melancholic, sensual. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

At swim, two boys

Jamie O'Neill · 2001

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Justine

Lawrence Durrell · 1957

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Virgin and the Gypsy

D. H. Lawrence · 1930

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Dark Flower

John Galsworthy · 1913

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Delhi

Khushwant Singh · 1983

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Tipping the Velvet

Sarah Waters · 1998

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

An arrow's flight

Mark Merlis · 1998

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The passion

Jeanette Winterson · 1987

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Querelle de Brest

Jean Genet · 1953

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Aphrodite (ancient manners)

Pierre Louÿs · 1848

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Salomé

Oscar Wilde · 1893

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende · 1987

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match