Books like The well of loneliness

The well of loneliness by Radclyffe Hall reads as melancholic, poignant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

A haunted house

Virginia Woolf · 1944

Both explore love

56% genome match

The Return of the Soldier

Rebecca West · 1918

Both explore identity & love

67% genome match

Giovanni's Room

James Baldwin · 1956

Both explore love & identity

64% genome match

Women in Love

D. H. Lawrence · 1877

Both explore love

60% genome match

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson

Both explore identity

62% genome match

Surfacing

Margaret Atwood

Both explore identity

62% genome match

Atonement

Ian McEwan · 2001

Both explore love

59% genome match

Call Me by Your Name

Andre Aciman · 2007

Same literary feel

58% genome match

Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1951

Both explore love

60% genome match

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison · 1952

Both explore identity

58% genome match

Nightwood

Djuna Barnes · 1936

Same literary feel

59% genome match

Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge

Rainer Maria Rilke · 1930

Both explore identity

62% genome match