Books like These Old Shades

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer reads as witty, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

The Great Roxhythe

Georgette Heyer · 1922

Shares the romance + vornate thread

81% genome match

Much Ado About Nothing

William Shakespeare · 1600

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore · 1656

Shares the romance + vornate thread

73% genome match

Senhora

José de Alencar · 1900

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Novels (Northanger Abbey / Persuasion / Pride and Prejudice)

Jane Austen · 1994

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Three Best Loved Barbara Cartlands

Barbara Cartland · 1975

Shares the romance + vornate thread

71% genome match

Corinne

Germaine de Staël · 1786

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Emma Orczy · 1900

Shares the romance + vornate thread

83% genome match

Comedias

Lope de Vega · 1604

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Princesse de Clèves

Madame de La Fayette · 1678

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

Maria; or, The Wrongs of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft · 1799

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match

The conscious lovers

Sir Richard Steele · 1723

Shares the romance + vornate thread

69% genome match