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Readers who finished Crime by Bill Buford and wanted more will find 24 strong picks here, all connected by Anthologies (multiple authors) and Literary Collections.

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Read-alikes chosen for how well they continue the mood, themes, and voice of Crime.

New Europe! — Bill Buford

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Put Out the Lights and Cry A Diner Noir Anthology — Paige Johnson

Put Out the Lights and Cry A Diner Noir Anthology

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

I Walk Between the Raindrops Stories — T. Coraghessan Boyle

I Walk Between the Raindrops Stories

T. Coraghessan Boyle

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Things I Want My Daughters to Know A Novel — Elizabeth Noble

Things I Want My Daughters to Know A Novel

Elizabeth Noble

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Paris Metro Tales Stories — Helen Constantine

Paris Metro Tales Stories

Helen Constantine

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

A Haunted House and Other Short Stories — Virginia Woolf

A Haunted House and Other Short Stories

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Perrine’s Story and Structure — Laurence Perrine

Perrine’s Story and Structure

Laurence Perrine

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Darling — Russell Banks

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Short Story in English — Neil Kalman Besner

The Short Story in English

Neil Kalman Besner

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Wedding Readings Centuries of Writing and Rituals on Love and Marriage — Various

Wedding Readings Centuries of Writing and Rituals on Love and Marriage

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Utah’s Best Poetry & Prose — Johnny Worthen

Utah’s Best Poetry & Prose

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 The Best New SF and Fantasy of the Year — L. Ron Hubbard

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 39 The Best New SF and Fantasy of the Year

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021 — Steph Cha

The Best American Mystery and Suspense 2021

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Best American Short Stories 2023 — Min Jin Lee

The Best American Short Stories 2023

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Global Cultures A Transnational Short Fiction Reader — Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

Global Cultures A Transnational Short Fiction Reader

Elisabeth Young-Bruehl

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Men on Men 4 Best New Gay Fiction — George Stambolian

Men on Men 4 Best New Gay Fiction

George Stambolian

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Being Various New Irish Short Stories — Lucy Caldwell

Being Various New Irish Short Stories

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Stories from the Center of the World New Middle East Fiction — Salar Abdoh

Stories from the Center of the World New Middle East Fiction

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Keeping Christmas 25 Stories to Warm Your Heart Throughout the Year — Barbara Russell Chesser

Keeping Christmas 25 Stories to Warm Your Heart Throughout the Year

Barbara Russell Chesser

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Company She Keeps — Mary McCarthy

The Company She Keeps

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Loon Feather — Iola Fuller

The Loon Feather

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Legends of Sleepy Hollow — Paul Carro

The Legends of Sleepy Hollow

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Classic Irish Short Stories — Frank O’Connor

Classic Irish Short Stories — Frank O’Connor

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

NDA: An Autofiction Anthology — Arata

NDA: An Autofiction Anthology

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Crime by Bill Buford. Connected by Anthologies (multiple authors), Literary Collections. Authors featured include Bill Buford, Paige Johnson, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Elizabeth Noble, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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