20 Best fiction books like Old Crimes: and Other Stories by Jill McCorkle

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Old Crimes: and Other Stories

By: Jill McCorkle

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Jill McCorkle delivers a collection of masterful stories that are as complex as nove…

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1. After Annie

By: Anna Quindlen

4.03

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

When Annie Brown dies suddenly, her husband, her four young children and her closest friend are lef… read more

Similar categories in Anna Quindlen's After Annie book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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2. Night Watch

By: Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

Format: 276 pages, Hardcover

In 1874, in the wake of the War, erasure, trauma, and namelessness haunt civilians and veterans, re… read more

Similar categories in Jayne Anne Phillips's Night Watch book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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3. The Caretaker

By: Ron Rash

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Hardcover

Told against the backdrop of the Korean War as a small Appalachian town sends its sons to battle, T… read more

Similar categories in Ron Rash's The Caretaker book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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4. You Only Call When You're in Trouble

By: Stephen McCauley

3.45

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

Is it ever okay to stop caring for others and start living for yourself? After a lifetime of tak… read more

Similar categories in Stephen McCauley's You Only Call When You're in Trouble book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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5. Harbor Lights

By: James Lee Burke

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

A dynamic, gripping collection of short stories from “America’s best novelist” ( Denver Post ), the… read more

Similar categories in James Lee Burke's Harbor Lights book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. The Road from Belhaven

By: Margot Livesey

3.72

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, a novel about a young wom… read more

Similar categories in Margot Livesey's The Road from Belhaven book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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7. Wandering Stars

By: Tommy Orange

3.89

Format: 315 pages, Hardcover

The eagerly awaited follow-up to Pulitzer Prize-finalist Tommy Orange’s breakout best seller There … read more

Similar categories in Tommy Orange's Wandering Stars book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"And in the year 1924 Indian citizenship will have been granted, even though they will mean to dissolve tribes by giving citizenship, dissolve being another word for disappearance, a kind of chemical …"

-Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars

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8. Absolution

By: Alice McDermott

3.81

Format: 324 pages, Hardcover

A riveting account of women’s lives on the margins of the Vietnam War. In Saigon in 1963, two yo… read more

Similar categories in Alice McDermott's Absolution book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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9. Table for Two

By: Amor Towles

4.26

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a… read more

Similar categories in Amor Towles's Table for Two book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"And though she couldn’t remember the exact reference and whether it was from mythology or the Bible, she knew instinctively as they approached the pier’s limit she mustn’t look back."

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

"It is a funny aspect of life, thought Charlie, how a group of grown people can convince themselves to do something that none of them really want to do. They start by talking an idea into existence. O…"

-Amor Towles, Table for Two

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10. The Vulnerables

By: Sigrid Nunez

3.61

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times –bestselling, National Book Award–winning author of The Friend and What Are You … read more

Similar categories in Sigrid Nunez's The Vulnerables book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"Only when I was young did I believe that it was important to remember what happened in every novel I read. Now I know the truth: what matters is what you experience while reading, the states of feeli…"

-Sigrid Nunez, The Vulnerables

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11. Clear

By: Carys Davies

3.92

Format: 196 pages, Hardcover

A stunning, exquisite novel from an award-winning writer about a minister dispatched to a remote is… read more

Similar categories in Carys Davies's Clear book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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12. Poor Deer

By: Claire Oshetsky

3.99

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A wondrous, tender novel about a young girl grappling with her role in a tragic loss—and attempting… read more

Similar categories in Claire Oshetsky's Poor Deer book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"She has just learned that some things are forever, and other things are never-again."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

"On this day the girl feels so much love pouring out of her mother that she is certain her mother has the power to save her. Soon she will come to understand she can't be saved."

-Claire Oshetsky, Poor Deer

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13. American Spirits

By: Russell Banks

3.88

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

From one of America’s most celebrated storytellers come three dark, interlocking tales about the re… read more

Similar categories in Russell Banks's American Spirits book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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14. Old Crimes: and Other Stories

By: Jill McCorkle

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Beloved author Jill McCorkle delivers a collection of masterful stories that are as complex as nove… read more

Similar categories in Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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15. Big Time

By: Ben H. Winters

3.43

Format: 275 pages, Hardcover

Ben Winters, whom critics attest  "you'll follow...anywhere" ( New York Times Book Review ), return… read more

Similar categories in Ben H. Winters's Big Time book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • fiction
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16. Bad Animals

By: Sarah Braunstein

3.49

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A sexy, propulsive novel that confronts the limits of empathy and the perils of appropriation throu… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Braunstein's Bad Animals book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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17. Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

By: Chantha Nguon

4.35

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during… read more

Similar categories in Chantha Nguon's Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

"When you must flee and can carry only one thing, what will it be? What single seed from your old life will be the most useful in helping you sow a new one?"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"A refugee must learn to be anything people want her to be at any given moment. But behind the masks, I am only myself - a mosaic of flavors from near and far."

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But if there's one thing I learned from my mother, it's that losing everything is not the end of the story. She taught me that lost civilizations can be rebuilt from zero, even if the task will requi…"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

"But the past never goes away. The fear and pain are still there, buried in our brains like mines. It is better to defuse them than to leave them entombed, quietly, waiting for a single misstep. That …"

-Chantha Nguon, Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes

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18. The Glassmaker

By: Tracy Chevalier

4.00

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling historical novelist, a rich, transporting story that follows a family of glass… read more

Similar categories in Tracy Chevalier's The Glassmaker book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"...you never recover from losing someone; you just learn to accommodate the hole it makes in you."

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

"People who make things also have an ambiguous relationship with time. Painters, writers, wood-carvers, knitters, weavers and, yes, glassmakers: creators often enter an absorbed state that psychologis…"

-Tracy Chevalier, The Glassmaker

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19. Godwin

By: Joseph O'Neill

3.60

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

The odyssey of two brothers crossing the world in search of an African soccer prodigy who might cha… read more

Similar categories in Joseph O'Neill's Godwin book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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20. Devil Is Fine

By: John Vercher

4.05

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Still reeling from a sudden tragedy, our biracial narrator receives a letter from an attorney: he h… read more

Similar categories in John Vercher's Devil Is Fine book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"No way I'd let myself feel again like I felt that morning. Of course, I wouldn't. I didn't have to tell her any of that. When it's that easy to lie to yourself, lying to someone else is light work. […"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

"Among the many things unknown before becoming a parent is how to handle when the child becomes the teacher. They proffer up parental pearls dispensed to them, and while thinking they'd fallen on deaf…"

-John Vercher, Devil Is Fine

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21. House Gone Quiet

By: Kelsey Norris

3.74

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

A genre-bending debut story collection about the bonds and bounds of community and what it means to… read more

Similar categories in Kelsey Norris's House Gone Quiet book and Jill McCorkle's Old Crimes: and Other Stories

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction

19 best-selling literary fiction books like Old Crimes: and Other Stories by Jill McCorkle

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

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Night Watch

Jayne Anne Phillips

3.79

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The Caretaker

Ron Rash

4.20

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You Only Call When You're in Trouble

Stephen McCauley

3.45

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18 Best fiction books like American Spirits by Russell Banks

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

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Wandering Stars

Tommy Orange

3.89

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Table for Two

Amor Towles

4.26

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Help Wanted

Adelle Waldman

3.62

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