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Books like Granta 51

Explore 24 books like Granta 51 by Bill Buford — a handpicked selection united by Anthologies (multiple authors), Literary Collections, and Literary.

Top related books to Granta 51

Strong read-alikes chosen for how closely they echo the themes and feel of Granta 51.

The BBC National Short Story Award 2010

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

Little Gods A Novel

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

Stories from the Center of the World New Middle East Fiction

Salar Abdoh

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

The Best American Short Stories 2024

Lauren Groff

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

Dirty Realism New Writing from America

Bill Buford

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Mr. Lincoln’s Wars A Novel in Thirteen Stories

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

A Celtic Miscellany Translations from the Celtic Literature

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

Words are My Matter Writings on Life and Books

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

A Haunted House and Other Short Stories

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#10

The Silent Treatment A Novel

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#11

Long for This World A Novel

Michael Byers

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#12

Freeman’s Arrival

John Freeman

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#13

The Best American Short Stories 2021

Jesmyn Ward

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#14

A Very Scandinavian Christmas The Greatest Nordic Holiday Stories of All Time — Hans Christian Andersen

HANS CHRISTIAN. ANDERSEN

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#15

Cherokee America

Margaret Verble

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#16

The Alaskan Laundry

Brendan Jones

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#17

Bear and His Daughter Stories

Robert Stone

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#18

Outside Looking in A Novel — T. C. Boyle

T.C. Boyle

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#19

Consider This, Senora

Harriet Doerr

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#20

Empress Orchid

Anchee Min

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#21

Writing from Ukraine Fiction, Poetry and Essays since 1965

Mark Andryczyk

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#22

The Man to Send Rain Clouds Contemporary Stories by American Indians

Kenneth Rosen

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#23

Imaginings of Sand — André Brink

Andre Brink

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

#24

We Two Alone Stories

Jack Wang

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections • Literary

The 24 books on this list are tied together by themes of Anthologies (multiple authors), Literary Collections, Literary — the same threads that run through Granta 51 by Bill Buford. Among the authors featured: David Constantine, Meng Jin, Salar Abdoh, Lauren Groff, and others.