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24 titles for readers of Selected Short Stories by David Herbert Lawrence, selected for shared themes: Anthologies (multiple authors), Short Stories (single author), and Literary.

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Russian Stories — Christoph Keller

Russian Stories

Christoph Keller

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Flame Tree Road

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Big Lonesome Stories — Joseph Scapellato

Big Lonesome Stories

Joseph Scapellato

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Forty Stories — Donald Barthelme

Donald Barthelme

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016 — Laura Furman

The O. Henry Prize Stories 2016

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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In Sunlight and in Shadow

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Marple Twelve New Stories — Agatha Christie

Marple Twelve New Stories

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Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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We Run the Tides A Novel

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home Stories — Ana Castillo

Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home Stories

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The Silent Treatment A Novel — Abbie Greaves

The Silent Treatment A Novel

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Teatime for the Firefly — Shona Patel

Teatime for the Firefly

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

In Sunlight or In Shadow Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper — Lawrence Block

In Sunlight or In Shadow Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Dubliners 100 Fifteen New Stories Inspired by the Original — Thomas Morris

Dubliners 100 Fifteen New Stories Inspired by the Original

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Lady Whistledown Strikes Back

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The Winter Without Milk Stories — Jane Avrich

The Winter Without Milk Stories

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Strange Pilgrims Twelve Stories — Gabriel García Márquez

Strange Pilgrims Twelve Stories — Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The Best American Short Stories 2023 — Min Jin Lee

The Best American Short Stories 2023

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Swimming in the Dark A Novel — Tomasz Jedrowski

Swimming in the Dark A Novel

Tomasz Jedrowski

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The Alaskan Laundry — Brendan Jones

The Alaskan Laundry

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Appalachia Now Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia — Larry R. Smith

Appalachia Now Short Stories of Contemporary Appalachia

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Afterparties Stories — Anthony Veasna So

Afterparties Stories

Anthony Veasna So

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Goodbye Without Leaving — Laurie Colwin

Goodbye Without Leaving

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Fourteen Days A Collaborative Novel — The Authors Guild

Fourteen Days A Collaborative Novel

The Authors Guild

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Octopussy and the Living Daylights A James Bond Adventure — Ian Fleming

Octopussy and the Living Daylights A James Bond Adventure

Themes: Anthologies (multiple authors) • Short Stories (single author) • Literary

This list brings together 24 books that share meaningful common ground with Selected Short Stories by David Herbert Lawrence. Connected by Anthologies (multiple authors), Short Stories (single author), Literary. Authors featured include Christoph Keller, Shona Patel, Joseph Scapellato, Donald Barthelme, and others. Each pick was selected for thematic and literary overlap — not just genre similarity.

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