Books like Malgudi days

Malgudi days by Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Narayan reads as gentle, observant. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

Tellers of tales

William Somerset Maugham · 1939

Both explore human nature & fate

70% genome match

The odd number

Guy de Maupassant · 1889

Both explore fate & human nature

67% genome match

Short stories

Sholem Aleichem · 1948

Both explore humor & tradition

68% genome match

50 great short stories

Milton Crane · 1952

Both explore human nature & fate

64% genome match

Short stories

Munshi Premchand · 1946

Both explore tradition

65% genome match

How much land does a man need?

Лев Толстой · 1986

Both explore human nature

65% genome match

Selected Short Stories

Rabindranath Tagore · 1918

Both explore human nature & fate

64% genome match

The good doctor

Neil Simon · 1974

Both explore human nature & humor

62% genome match

Great short works of Leo Tolstoy

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 · 1967

Both explore human nature

61% genome match

Dance of the Happy Shades

Alice Munro · 1968

Same literary feel

58% genome match

Samlede Vaerker

Henrik Ibsen · 1877

Both explore fate

60% genome match

My father, Sun-Sun Johnson

C. Everard Palmer · 1974

Same literary feel

54% genome match