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What to read after Selected Stories by William Trevor: 24 titles sharing themes of Short Stories (single author), Humorous, and Literary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

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Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Horse Heaven — Jane Smiley

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Dictation A Quartet — Cynthia Ozick

Dictation A Quartet

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

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Introducing Jeeves Six Classic Stories

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

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Elizabeth Gilbert

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

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The Development Nine Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

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Sam the Cat and Other Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

After the Plague and Other Stories — T.C. Boyle

After the Plague and Other Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Nocturnes Five Stories of Music and Nightfall — Kazuo Ishiguro

Nocturnes Five Stories of Music and Nightfall

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

The Question of Bruno — Aleksandar Hemon

The Question of Bruno

Aleksandar Hemon

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

The White People — Arthur Machen

The White People

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

The Terrifying Realm of the Possible Nearly True Stories — Brett Gelman

The Terrifying Realm of the Possible Nearly True Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

The Inimitable Jeeves — Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

The Inimitable Jeeves

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

These People Are Us Stories — George Singleton

These People Are Us Stories

George Singleton

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

The Clicking of Cuthbert and Other Golf Stories — Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

The Clicking of Cuthbert and Other Golf Stories

Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Tooth and Claw and Other Stories — T.C. Boyle

Tooth and Claw and Other Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Alms for Oblivion — Simon Raven

Alms for Oblivion

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Bark Stories — Lorrie Moore

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Oh! to be in England — H.E. Bates

Oh! to be in England

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Stone Mattress Nine Wicked Tales — Margaret Atwood

Stone Mattress Nine Wicked Tales

Margaret Atwood

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Sweet Home — Wendy Erskine

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

Carry On, Jeeves — P. G. Wodehouse

Carry On, Jeeves

P. G. Wodehouse

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Humorous • Literary

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