Books like Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare reads as tragic, romantic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Sonnets

William Shakespeare · 1609

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

The Two Noble Kinsmen

John Fletcher · 1634

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Pandosto

Robert Greene · 1588

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

78% genome match

El caballero de Olmedo

Lope de Vega · 1606

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

74% genome match

Faust

Charles Gounod · 1800

Shares the romance + vornate thread

72% genome match

Troilus and Criseyde

Geoffrey Chaucer · 1483

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

The Last Days of Pompeii

Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · 1800

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Don Juan Tenorio

José Zorrilla · 1892

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Eva Luna

Isabel Allende · 1987

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

The Life and Death of Jason

William Morris · 1867

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Enoch Arden

Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1864

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match

Evgeniĭ Onegin

Александр Сергеевич Пушкин · 1833

Shares the lovetime + romance thread

69% genome match