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What to read after We’re In Trouble by Christopher Coake: 24 titles sharing themes of Short Stories (single author), Psychological, and Literary, chosen for mood and literary overlap.

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You Are Not a Stranger Here Stories

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

I Walk Between the Raindrops Stories — T. C. Boyle

I Walk Between the Raindrops Stories — T. C. Boyle

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

The Awakening And Other Stories — Kate Chopin

The Awakening And Other Stories

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The Night In Question Stories — Tobias Wolff

The Night In Question Stories

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

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Stories — Laura van den Berg

I Hold a Wolf by the Ears Stories

Laura van den Berg

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

Spadework for a Palace Entering the Madness of Others — László Krasznahorkai

Spadework for a Palace Entering the Madness of Others

László Krasznahorkai

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

Great Dream of Heaven Stories — Sam Shepard

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

Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner) — Samanta Schweblin

Seven Empty Houses (National Book Award Winner)

Samanta Schweblin

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

The (other) You Stories — Joyce Carol Oates

The (other) You Stories

Joyce Carol Oates

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

Six Stories — Stefan Zweig

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

Homesick for Another World Stories — Ottessa Moshfegh

Homesick for Another World Stories

Ottessa Moshfegh

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

The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin — Kate Chopin

The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin

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

Making It Up — Penelope Lively

Penelope Lively

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

The Three Button Trick and Other Stories — Nicola Barker

The Three Button Trick and Other Stories

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

Hearts in Atlantis — Stephen King

Hearts in Atlantis

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

Outside Looking in A Novel — T. C. Boyle

Outside Looking in A Novel — T. C. Boyle

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

Death in Venice — Thomas Mann

Death in Venice

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

Idol, Burning A Novel — Rin Usami

Idol, Burning A Novel

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

A Possible Life A Novel in Five Parts — Sebastian Faulks

A Possible Life A Novel in Five Parts

Sebastian Faulks

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

Metamorphosis — Franz Kafka

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

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth Stories — Kevin Wilson

Tunneling to the Center of the Earth Stories

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

In the Time of the Girls — Anne Germanacos

In the Time of the Girls

Anne Germanacos

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

Heartbreaker Stories — Maryse Meijer

Heartbreaker Stories

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

The Archive of Alternate Endings A Novel — Lindsey Drager

The Archive of Alternate Endings A Novel

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

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