18 books like The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner

What to read after The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Wind's Twelve Quarters Ursula K. Le Guin · 1975 · ★ 4.1 · 303p · ≈ 10h · Moderate This is a collection containing, among other stories, the short story that started the Earthsea series." Along with "The Rule of Names," the story establishes the world and characters of Earthsea. First published in 1964 in an issue of Fantastic, the story can be found in a handful of anthologies but can be hard to lay hands on. Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories

The Beast You Are Paul Tremblay · 2023 A haunting collection of short fiction from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club , A Head Full of Ghosts , and The Cabin at the End of the World. Paul Tremblay has won widespread acclaim for illuminating the dark horrors of the mind in novels and stories that push the boundaries of storytelling itself. The fifteen pieces in this brilliant collection, The Beast You Are , are all… Shares: Anthology, Short Stories

The complete works of O. Henry [pseud.] O. Henry · 1899 · ★ 3.8 · 1396p · ≈ 46h · Demanding The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century’s most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of… Shares: Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Short Stories

The troll garden Willa Cather · 1905 · 156p · ≈ 5h · Challenging "This collection of Willa Cather stories - her first book of fiction and the capstone of her early career - is as relevant today as at the time of its initial publication. As different and individually distinguished as the seven stories may be, they share as their subject the role and status of the artist in American society. The passions, ambitions, and pretensions, the cant and the pathos of… Shares: Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Short Stories

A Quiver Full of Arrows Jeffrey Archer · 1980 · ★ 3.9 · 275p · ≈ 9h · Moderate | alt = A Quiver Full of Arrows first edition cover image Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories

The ruling passion Henry van Dyke · 1901 · ★ 3.7 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Challenging This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true… Shares: Manners and customs, Short Stories

Octopussy and the Living Daylights Ian Fleming · 1966 · ★ 3.6 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Octopussy: the darling, was a bit surly. The tentacle she lashed around Major Smythe's arm that morning was none to gentle. So when Smythe found himself the sudden quarry of James Bond at cocktail time, the Major had a brilliant, if rather gruesome, inspiration... The Living Daylights: are about to blasted out of a living target on a crowded Berlin street. Crouched behind a .308 International… Shares: Anthology, Short Stories

Earth is Room Enough Isaac Asimov · 1957 · ★ 4.0 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: Anthology, Short Stories Shares: Anthology, Short Stories

When God Laughs and Other Short Stories Jack London · 1911 · ★ 3.0 · 148p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Released in 1911, When God Laughs, and Other Stories is the eleventh collection of short stories by Jack London. In contrast with most of his other work that had been released at the time, When God Laughs is set in Polynesia. The book consists of twelve short stories that range from humorous to shocking. Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories

Smoky crusade Richard Michael Fox · 1937 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Working class, Social life and customs

The magic barrel Bernard Malamud · 1953 · ★ 3.9 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate This is Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggling New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony) they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of… Shares: English Short stories, English language, Manners and customs, Social life and customs

Swords and Deviltry Fritz Leiber · 1970 · ★ 3.9 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The first of Fritz Leiber's Fafhrd and Grey Mouser series. A collection of short stories. Shares: English Short stories, Short Stories

Nine Stories J. D. Salinger · 1948 · ★ 4.2 · 204p · ≈ 6h · Challenging First published short story volume by the author of Catcher In The Rye. Shares: English Short stories, Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Short Stories

A good man is hard to find Flannery O'Connor · 1955 · ★ 3.8 · 251p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The collection that established O’Connor’s reputation as one of the American masters of the short story. The volume contains the celebrated title story, a tale of the murderous fugitive The Misfit, as well as “The Displaced Person” and eight other stories. Shares: English Short stories, Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Short Stories

The women on the wall Wallace Stegner · 1950 · 277p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Short Stories

The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales Bret Harte · 1889 · 138p · ≈ 4h · Challenging The sun was going down on the Dedlow Marshes. The tide was following it fast as if to meet the reddening lines of sky and water in the west, leaving the foreground to grow blacker and blacker every moment, and to bring out in startling contrast the few half-filled and half-lit pools left behind and forgotten. The strong breath of the Pacific fanning their surfaces at times kindled them into a… Shares: Manners and customs, Short Stories

White Nights Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 1961 · ★ 4.1 · 239p · ≈ 7h · Moderate White Nights by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a poignant short story about love, loneliness, and fleeting human connections. Set in St. Petersburg during the ethereal "white nights" of summer, it follows a dreamy, solitary narrator who meets a young woman named Nastenka. Over four nights, he shares his fantasies and feelings, while she confides her longing for a lost lover. As the narrator falls in love… Shares: Manners and customs, Social life and customs, Short Stories

Lord Peter Views the Body Dorothy L. Sayers · 1928 · ★ 4.1 · 290p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Consists of the following short stories - "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers": An artist's jealous nature leads to an investigation of his mistress' disappearance. "The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question": A grammatical mistake in French unmasks a clever criminal. "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will": The disposal of a dead man's fortune depends on… Shares: Anthology, English Short stories, England

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