Books like 50 great short stories
50 great short stories by Milton Crane reads as reflective, insightful. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
The Oxford Book of English Short Stories
A. S. Byatt · 1998
Both explore human nature
Great American Short Stories
Paul Negri · 2002
Both explore human nature & morality
Selected Short Stories
Rabindranath Tagore · 1918
A collection of introspective stories that probe emotional depth and social contradiction through Tagore's characteristic poetic precision and philosophical lens, grounded in the texture of Indian life and relationships.
Short Stories
Schweikert, Harry Christian · 1925
Both explore human nature & morality
Fiction 100
James H. Pickering · 1978
Both explore morality
21 Great Stories
Abraham Harold Lass · 1969
Both explore morality & fate
MASTERPIECES OF TERROR AND THE SUPERNATURAL
Marvin Kaye · 1985
An anthology grab-bag of classic and modern horror/supernatural tales meant to be dipped into rather than read straight through — variable tone from gothic dread to eerie whimsy.
Collected short stories
William Somerset Maugham · 1969
Both explore human nature & morality
Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Joyce Carol Oates · 1992
Same literary feel
Liliom, egy csirkefogó élete és halála
Ferenc Molnár · 1909
Both explore fate & morality
Great American Short Stories
Wallace Stegner · 1957
Both explore human nature & morality
Short Stories
E. M. Forster · 1947
A collection of precisely observed social vignettes that dissect human behavior and societal hypocrisy through Forster's characteristic blend of ironic wit and psychological insigh
Find your next read by its genome
Tell Novelome one book you love — get recommendations tuned to your taste, including the ones other sites never surface.
Start free →More readalikes: Books like THE LET THEM THEORY · Books like EXTREME OWNERSHIP · Books like WINGS OF STARLIGHT · Books like DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK, EXPANDED EDITION · Books like I WILL TEACH YOU TO BE RICH, SECOND EDITION · Books like FAKE SKATING · Books like THE CREATIVE ACT · Books like IF ONLY I HAD TOLD HER