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Books like Dubliners

Explore 24 books like Dubliners by James Joyce — a handpicked selection united by Ireland, Short Stories (single author), World Literature, and 20th Century.

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Top related books to Dubliners

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

Ulysses

James Joyce

Themes: Ireland • World Literature • 20th Century

Fabulous Stories

Lucy Hughes-Hallett

Themes: Ireland • Short Stories (single author) • World Literature

Burmese Days — George. Orwell

George Orwell

Themes: Ireland • World Literature • 20th Century

Uncle Tom’s Children Novellas

Richard Wright

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

Everything That Rises Must Converge — Flannery O’Connor

Flannery O'Connor

Themes: Ireland • Short Stories (single author) • World Literature

Lantern Slides Stories — Edna O’Brien

Edna O'Brien

Themes: Ireland • Short Stories (single author) • World Literature

A Dreamer’s Tale

Lord Dunsany

Themes: Ireland • Short Stories (single author) • World Literature

Dr. No A James Bond Novel

Ian Fleming

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

Moonraker A James Bond Novel

Ian Fleming

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#10

The Rose Garden Short Stories

Maeve Brennan

Themes: Ireland • Short Stories (single author) • World Literature

#11

A Fairly Honourable Defeat

Iris Murdoch

Themes: Ireland • World Literature • 20th Century

#12

The Four Million

O. HENRY

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#13

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Truman Capote

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#14

Alms for Oblivion Volume I

Simon Raven

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#15

Secretary

Mary Gaitskill

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#16

The Big Four A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition

Agatha Christie

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#17

Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

Stella Gibbons

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#18

Alms for Oblivion

Simon Raven

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#19

The Silmarillion

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#20

Men Without Women

Ernest Hemingway

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#21

Going to Meet the Man

James Baldwin

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#22

Collected Stories

Saul Bellow

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#23

The Lottery and Other Stories 75th Anniversary Edition

Shirley Jackson

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

#24

Carry On, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • World Literature • 20th Century

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Ireland, Short Stories (single author), World Literature — the same threads that run through Dubliners by James Joyce. Among the authors featured: James Joyce, Lucy Hughes-Hallett, George Orwell, Richard Wright, and others.