Read-alikes and related books

Books like History

Across Anthologies (multiple authors) and Literary Collections — 24 books that belong on the same shelf as History by Bill Buford.

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Top related books to History

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

New World — Bill Buford

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Irish Gothic Fairy Stories From the 32 Counties of Ireland — Steve Lally

Irish Gothic Fairy Stories From the 32 Counties of Ireland

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Horror — John Freeman

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Black Flower — Young-ha Kim

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Oxford Book of the Sea — Jonathan Raban

The Oxford Book of the Sea

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin A Library of America Special Publication — Lisa Yaszek

The Future Is Female! 25 Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, from Pulp Pioneers to Ursula K. Le Guin A Library of America Special Publication

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Dream Me Home Safely — Susan Richards Shreve

Dream Me Home Safely

Susan Richards Shreve

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Last Best Place A Montana Anthology — William Kittredge

The Last Best Place A Montana Anthology

William Kittredge

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 Greatest Dog Stories Ever Told Great Writers from Ray Bradbury to Mark Twain Celebrate Mans Best Friend — Patricia M. Sherwood

The Greatest Dog Stories Ever Told Great Writers from Ray Bradbury to Mark Twain Celebrate Mans Best Friend

Patricia M. Sherwood

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018 — N. K. Jemisin

The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2018

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Space Poet — Samantha Edmonds

Samantha Edmonds

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Man to Send Rain Clouds Contemporary Stories by American Indians — Kenneth Rosen

The Man to Send Rain Clouds Contemporary Stories by American Indians

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1 — Stephen Greenblatt

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume 1

Stephen Greenblatt

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Bear and His Daughter Stories — Robert Stone

Bear and His Daughter Stories

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

No Offense A Novel — Meg Cabot

No Offense A Novel

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Desert Songs of the Night 1500 Years of Arabic Literature — Suheil B. Bushrui

Desert Songs of the Night 1500 Years of Arabic Literature

Suheil B. Bushrui

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

[Dis]Connected Volume 1 Poems & Stories of Connection and Otherwise — Nikita Gill

[Dis]Connected Volume 1 Poems & Stories of Connection and Otherwise

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries 100 of the Very Best Yuletide Whodunnits — Otto Penzler

The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries 100 of the Very Best Yuletide Whodunnits

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Collected Ancient Greek Novels — B. P. Reardon

Collected Ancient Greek Novels

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Freeman’s Arrival — John Freeman

Freeman’s Arrival

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Hag Forgotten Folktales Retold — Daisy Johnson

Hag Forgotten Folktales Retold

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

Imaginings of Sand — André Brink

Imaginings of Sand — André Brink

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story — Anne Enright

The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Literary Collections

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with History by Bill Buford. Connected by Anthologies (multiple authors), Literary Collections. Authors featured include Bill Buford, Steve Lally, John Freeman, Young-ha Kim, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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