Books like Written on the Body
Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson reads as lyrical, sensual. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The passion
Jeanette Winterson · 1987
Shares the romance + vornate thread
84% genome match
The bloody chamber and other stories
Angela Carter · 1979
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Tipping the Velvet
Sarah Waters · 1998
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Fragments d'un discours amoureux
Roland Barthes · 1977
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Feux
Marguerite Yourcenar · 1973
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Justine
Lawrence Durrell · 1957
Shares the romance + vornate thread
76% genome match
The Virgin and the Gypsy
D. H. Lawrence · 1930
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Dhalgren
Samuel R. Delany · 1975
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1951
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
New Tales of the Vampires
Anne Rice · 2003
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff · 2015
Shares the vornate thread
69% genome match
Venus and Adonis
William Shakespeare · 1593
Shares the romance + vornate thread
69% genome match
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