5 must-read short stories books like Direction of the Road by Ursula K. Le Guin

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Direction of the Road

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

3.80

Format: None pages, None

"Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a phil…

If you liked the short stories plot in Direction of the Road by Ursula K. Le Guin , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Den Danske Borgerkrig 2018-24 by Kaspar Colling Nielsen

1. Den Danske Borgerkrig 2018-24

By: Kaspar Colling Nielsen

3.38

Format: 224 pages,

Mellem 2018 og 2024 var Danmark i undtagelsestilstand; der var kampe på Rådhuspladsen, politikere b… read more

Similar categories in Kaspar Colling Nielsen's Den Danske Borgerkrig 2018-24 book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • science fiction
  • fiction
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2. Dancing Girls and Other Stories

By: Margaret Atwood

3.60

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Handmaid's Tale This splendid volume of sho… read more

Similar categories in Margaret Atwood's Dancing Girls and Other Stories book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • short stories
  • fiction
"Everyone thinks writers must know more about the inside of the human head, but that's wrong. They know less, that's why they write. Trying to find out what everyone else takes for granted."

-Margaret Atwood, Dancing Girls and Other Stories

"He would place his mouth, still full of sleep, on hers, and perhaps pull her back into the bedroom and down into the bed with him, into that liquid pool of flesh, his mouth sliding over her, furry pl…"

-Margaret Atwood, Dancing Girls and Other Stories

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3. Goblin Market

By: Joyce Carol Oates , William Morris , Laurence Housman , Christina Rossetti , Dante Gabriel Rossetti

3.82

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

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Similar categories in Joyce Carol Oates's Goblin Market book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fantasy
  • fiction
Cover of Fear and Trembling by Søren Kierkegaard, Alastair Hannay

4. Fear and Trembling

By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay

4.75

Format: 335 pages, Paperback

Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more

Similar categories in Søren Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • philosophy
Cover of Blood Pact (Vicki Nelson, #4) by Tanya Huff

5. Blood Pact (Vicki Nelson, #4)

By: Tanya Huff

3.87

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

It began with the call no daughter ever wants to get, the call that told private investigator Vicki… read more

Similar categories in Tanya Huff's Blood Pact (Vicki Nelson, #4) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. Spirits Abroad

By: Zen Cho

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

"If you live near the jungle, you will realize that what is real and what is not real is not always… read more

Similar categories in Zen Cho's Spirits Abroad book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • magical realism
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
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7. The Waste Land

By: T.S. Eliot , Michael North

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

The text of Eliot's 1922 masterpiece is accompanied by thorough explanatory annotations as well as … read more

Similar categories in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fiction
Cover of We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen, Charlotte Barslund, Liz Jensen, Emma Ryder

8. We, the Drowned

By: Carsten Jensen , Charlotte Barslund , Liz Jensen , Emma Ryder

4.04

Format: 202 pages, Hardcover

It is an epic drama of adventure, courage, ruthlessness and passion by one of Scandinavia's most ac… read more

Similar categories in Carsten Jensen's We, the Drowned book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fiction

9. Bloodchild

By: Octavia E. Butler

5.00

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

Contains the short story Bloodchild only. Years ago a group known as the Terrans left Earth in sear… read more

Similar categories in Octavia E. Butler's Bloodchild book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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10. Open City

By: Teju Cole

4.00

Format: 45 pages, Hardcover

Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The … read more

Similar categories in Teju Cole's Open City book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fiction
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11. Ubik

By: Philip K. Dick , Manuel Espín , None

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Glen Runciter está muerto. ¿O lo están todos los demás? Lo que es seguro es que alguien ha muerto e… read more

Similar categories in Philip K. Dick's Ubik book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Hey,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"One of these days,"

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

"My father told me what it used to feel like, waiting in the dentist's office. Every time the nurse opened the door you thought, It's happening. The thing I've been afraid of all my life."

-Philip K. Dick, Ubik

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12. The State of the Art (Culture, #4)

By: Iain M. Banks

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

The first ever collection of Iain Banks' short fiction, this volume includes the acclaimed novella,… read more

Similar categories in Iain M. Banks's The State of the Art (Culture, #4) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • science fiction
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction

13. Shriek: An Afterword (Ambergris, #2)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

3.87

Format: 309 pages, Hardcover

An epic yet personal look at several decades of life, love, and death in the imaginary city of Ambe… read more

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14. Butterfly Valley: A Requiem

By: Inger Christensen , Susanna Nied

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Inger Christensen, often cited as a Nobel contender and one of Europe's most revered poets, is perh… read more

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15. Borders of Infinity (Vorkosigan Saga [Publication] #5.1-5.3)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.81

Format: None pages, Paperback

Limited edition volume. Contents: Frame story that follows Miles' time on Earth in Brothers in Arms… read more

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16. The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)

By: Kay O'Neill

4.41

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

Rinn has grown up with the Tea Dragons that inhabit their village, but stumbling across a real drag… read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"We won't stay away so long this time. I forgot how good home tastes."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)

"Aedhan: My name is Aedhan, of the Shining Wing Clan. Erik: I'm Erik, of the mountain vegetable picker clan!"

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Festival (Tea Dragon, #2)

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17. The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)

By: Kay O'Neill

4.50

Format: 135 pages, Hardcover

Join Greta and Minette once more for the heartwarming conclusion of the award-winning Tea Dragon se… read more

Similar categories in Kay O'Neill's The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fantasy
  • fiction
"Everything that happens is part of your wholeness."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)

"When someone is grieving, the best thing you can do is let them heal on their own, and show them that you'll be there for them."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)

"You feel like you've lost your path. It's natural to be sad. It's alright to let those feelings wash over you, and give them time to soak into the earth. That's when things start to grow again."

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)

"Well I am, now. But I wasn't always so ready to call it my home--when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow. Once I was ready, it felt like I was part of a new song tha…"

-Kay O'Neill, The Tea Dragon Tapestry (Tea Dragon, #3)

Cover of Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will by Kevin J. Mitchell

18. Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will

By: Kevin J. Mitchell

3.89

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

An evolutionary case for the existence of free willScientists are learning more and more about how … read more

Similar categories in Kevin J. Mitchell's Free Agents: How Evolution Gave Us Free Will book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • philosophy
Cover of Dafnesyndromet by Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

19. Dafnesyndromet

By: Siri Ranva Hjelm Jacobsen

3.49

Format: 221 pages, Paperback

En klistret sommerdag i 1990'erne ankommer Miki til en efterskole på landet. Han forsøger at blive … read more

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20. Direction of the Road

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

3.80

Format: None pages, None

"Ursula Le Guin is more than just a writer of adult fantasy and science fiction . . . she is a phil… read more

Similar categories in Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • magical realism
  • philosophy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • science fiction
  • fantasy
  • nature
Cover of The House at Watch Hill (The Watch Hill Trilogy, #1) by Karen Marie Moning

21. The House at Watch Hill (The Watch Hill Trilogy, #1)

By: Karen Marie Moning

4.02

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Marie Moning is back with a gripping, imaginative, and s… read more

Similar categories in Karen Marie Moning's The House at Watch Hill (The Watch Hill Trilogy, #1) book and Ursula K. Le Guin's Direction of the Road

  • fantasy
  • fiction

15 Top fiction books like Direction of the Road by Ursula K. Le Guin

Transform Your Habits

Den Danske Borgerkrig 2018-24

Kaspar Colling Nielsen

3.38

Transform Your Habits

Dancing Girls and Other Stories

Margaret Atwood

3.60

Transform Your Habits

Goblin Market

Joyce Carol Oates , William Morris , Laurence Housman , Christina Rossetti , Dante Gabriel Rossetti

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Blood Pact (Vicki Nelson, #4)

Tanya Huff

3.87

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24 best-selling fiction books like The House at Watch Hill (The Watch Hill Trilogy, #1) by Karen Marie Moning

Transform Your Habits

Winter Lost (Mercy Thompson, #14; Mercy Thompson World, #20)

Patricia Briggs

4.40

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The Mirror (The Lost Bride Trilogy, #2)

Nora Roberts

4.25

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Bull Moon Rising (Royal Artifactual Guild, #1)

Ruby Dixon

4.21

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So Thirsty

Rachel Harrison

4.03

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