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Explore 24 books like Astray by Emma Donoghue — a handpicked selection united by Short Stories (single author), Literary, and Historical.

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The World Wasn’t Ready for You Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Relations An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices — Ayesha Harruna Attah

Relations An Anthology of African and Diaspora Voices

Ayesha Harruna Attah

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Angel of Rome And Other Stories — Jess Walter

The Angel of Rome And Other Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Mr. Lincoln’s Wars A Novel in Thirteen Stories — Adam Braver

Mr. Lincoln’s Wars A Novel in Thirteen Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

A Simple Heart — Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Moon Over Minneapolis, Or, Why She Couldn’t Stay — Fay Weldon

Moon Over Minneapolis, Or, Why She Couldn’t Stay

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories — Washington Irving

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories

Washington Irving

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Galatea A Short Story — Madeline Miller

Galatea A Short Story

Madeline Miller

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Uncle Tom’s Children Novellas — Richard Wright

Uncle Tom’s Children Novellas

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After — Julia Quinn

The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Ragged Edge — Harold MacGrath

The Ragged Edge

Harold MacGrath

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Sir Dominick Ferrand — Henry James

Sir Dominick Ferrand

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Time Machine — H. G. Wells

The Time Machine

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Dubliners — James Joyce

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara Stories — Ben Fountain

Brief Encounters with Che Guevara Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Stand by Me — Wendell Berry

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Dr. No A James Bond Novel — Ian Fleming

Dr. No A James Bond Novel

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Conjure Woman, and Other Conjure Tales — Charles Waddell Chesnutt

The Conjure Woman, and Other Conjure Tales

Charles Waddell Chesnutt

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Madonnas of Leningrad A Novel — Debra Dean

The Madonnas of Leningrad A Novel

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The End of the Ocean A Novel — Maja Lunde

The End of the Ocean A Novel

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Lifted Veil — George Eliot

The Lifted Veil

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Wuthering Heights — Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

Tell Me Who We Were Stories — Kate McQuade

Tell Me Who We Were Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

The Last Suspicious Holdout Stories — Ladee Hubbard

The Last Suspicious Holdout Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary • Historical

A curated shelf of 24 read-alikes for Astray by Emma Donoghue — spanning Short Stories (single author), Literary, Historical and featuring authors such as Justin C. Key, Ayesha Harruna Attah, Jess Walter, Adam Braver, and others.

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