Books like An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce reads as suspenseful, grim. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Tales of Soldiers & Civilians [28 stories]

Ambrose Bierce · 1943

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70% genome match

The most dangerous game

Richard Connell · 1990

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69% genome match

Rashomon and other stories

Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · 1952

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69% genome match

Short stories

Guy de Maupassant · 1893

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69% genome match

The Yellow Wallpaper

Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 1892

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69% genome match

The Stories of Anton Chekhov [23 stories]

Антон Павлович Чехов · 1932

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69% genome match

A Scandal in Bohemia

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1967

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69% genome match

Collected short stories

William Somerset Maugham · 1900

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69% genome match

Thrillers and More Thrillers

Robert Arthur · 1968

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69% genome match

The monkey's paw

W. W. Jacobs · 1976

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69% genome match

The Blind Mirror

Christopher Pike · 2003

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69% genome match

The Lottery and Other Stories

Shirley Jackson · 1949

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69% genome match