Read-alikes and related books

Books like Blasphemy

Readers who finished Blasphemy by Sherman Alexie and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Indigenous, Small Town & Rural, Short Stories (single author), and Coming of Age.

Top related books to Blasphemy

Curated picks selected for thematic resonance, narrative overlap, and author diversity.

Plague of Doves A Novel

Louise Erdrich

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author)

Crying of Lot 49

Thomas Pynchon

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

Mrs. Kimble A Novel

Jennifer Haigh

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

One Hundred Years of Solitude A Novel — Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural • Coming of Age

The Beggar Maid Stories of Flo and Rose

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

Sorry for Your Trouble Stories

Richard Ford

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

The Grass is Singing

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

Lightning Strikes

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

Crooked Hallelujah

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#10

Song of the Lark by Willa Cather, Fiction, Short Stories, Literary, Classics — Willa Cather

WILLA. CATHER

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#11

Ya-Yas in Bloom A Novel

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#12

People Like Frank And Other Stories from the Edge of Normal

Jenn Ashton

Themes: Indigenous • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#13

Navy Brides An Anthology

Debbie Macomber

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#14

The Book Club

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Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#15

Sorry for Your Trouble

Richard Ford

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#16

Campfires of the Dead and the Living Collected Stories

Peter Christopher

Themes: Small Town & Rural • Short Stories (single author) • Coming of Age

#17

Ten Little Indians Stories

Sherman Alexie

Themes: Indigenous • Short Stories (single author)

#18

Perma Red

Debra Magpie Earling

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#19

On the Sweet Side

Audrey Carlan

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#20

Effigies

Mary Anna Evans

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#21

To Catch a Dream

Audrey Carlan

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#22

Medicine River

Thomas King

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#23

Barkskins A Novel

Annie Proulx

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

#24

Empire of Wild A Novel

Cherie Dimaline

Themes: Indigenous • Small Town & Rural

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Indigenous, Small Town & Rural, Short Stories (single author) — the same threads that run through Blasphemy by Sherman Alexie. Among the authors featured: Louise Erdrich, Thomas Pynchon, Jennifer Haigh, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and others.