Books like Yertle the turtle
Yertle the turtle by Dr. Seuss reads as didactic, playful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Richard III
William Shakespeare · 1597
Shares the ambition + power thread
69% genome match
Tamburlaine the Great
Christopher Marlowe · 1590
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69% genome match
The Other Boleyn Girl
Philippa Gregory · 2001
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69% genome match
All the King's Men
Robert Penn Warren
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69% genome match
Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel
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69% genome match
Ubu roi
Alfred Jarry · 1896
Shares the ambition + power thread
69% genome match
Augustus
John Williams
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69% genome match
Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand · 1936
Shares the ambition + power thread
69% genome match
The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett · 1989
Shares the ambition + power thread
69% genome match
The Charterhouse of Parma
Stendhal
Shares the ambition + power thread
69% genome match
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Suzanne Collins · 2020
Shares the ambition thread
69% genome match
Bel-Ami
Guy de Maupassant · 1893
Shares the ambition + power thread
69% genome match
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