Series
Books like Ninety-Nine Stories: 9 series to read next
Ninety-Nine Stories is literary & general, about faith and religion and angels, set in our world, reflective in register. The 9 series below are ranked by how much of that they share — each card says which parts.
Ninety-Nine Stories is 2 books, 2016–2024.
- A Visit from the Goon Squad
- Ishmael
- The Infinities
- Fifth Child
- Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
- Before I Fall
- The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller
- Cornish Trilogy
seriesJennifer Egan2 books2010
matchedliterary & generalcontemporaryreflectiveshort story cycle
- IshmaelSeries
seriesDaniel Quinn2 books1992
Challenging in tone.
matchedliterary & generalour worldcontemporaryreflectivefaith and religion
- The InfinitiesSeries
seriesJohn Banville1 book2009
About gods and family secrets.
matchedliterary & generalour worldcontemporaryreflective
- Fifth ChildSeries
seriesDoris Lessing2 books1988
About parenthood.
matchedliterary & generalcontemporary
seriesSamuel R. Delany1 book2012
About coming of age and identity, set in north america.
matchedliterary & generalour worldcontemporaryreflective
- Before I FallSeries
seriesLauren Oliver2 books2010
Emotional in tone, about time loop, set in north america.
matchedliterary & generalcontemporaryreflectivegrief and loss
seriesUrsula K. Le Guin2 books2012
Challenging in tone, about gender and society.
matchedliterary & generalreflectiveshort story cycle
seriesCarol Emshwiller2 books2011
Science fiction, about identity and gender and society.
matchedliterary & generalour worldcontemporaryreflectiveshort story cycle
- Cornish TrilogySeries
seriesRobertson Davies3 books1981
Literary & general, reflective in tone, about art and artists, set in our world.
matchedliterary & generalreflectiveour worldart and artists
Read next in Ninety-Nine Stories
Why these
No sales rank, no star ratings, no readers also bought.
Shared terms are not a promise that a book feels the same. Two series can be far-future political intrigue and read nothing alike — what the ranking can say is what they are about, and each card says which parts it shares.
Questions readers ask
- What should I read after Ninety-Nine Stories?
- A Visit from the Goon Squad — the closest match to Ninety-Nine Stories on what it is about, not on what sells.
- Where do I start with Ninety-Nine Stories?
- Ninety-Nine Stories of God. It is the entry the catalogue recommends for Ninety-Nine Stories.
- How big is Ninety-Nine Stories?
- Ninety-Nine Stories is 2 books, 2016–2024.
Other series like this one
- Books like A Visit from the Goon Squad
- Books like Ishmael
- Books like The Infinities
- Books like Fifth Child
- Books like Through the Valley of the Nest of Spiders
- Books like Before I Fall
- Books like The Unreal and the Real: Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin
- Books like The Collected Stories of Carol Emshwiller
- Books like Cornish Trilogy