If you liked Love is the crooked thing by Lee K. Abbott, start with Dreams of distant lives (1989), The Situation of the Story (1993), and Wet places at noon (1997). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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  1. 1 Dreams of distant lives 1989 · 206 pages · Lee K. Abbott · Same author
  2. 2 The Situation of the Story 1993 · 791 pages · Flannery O'Connor, Tillie Olsen, Ann Beattie, Conrad Aiken, Elizabeth Spencer, Alice Munro, Lee K. Abbott, Ernest Hemingway, Ellen Wilbur, Louise Erdrich, Toni Cade Bambara, Zora Neale Hurston, Doris Lessing, Raymond Carver, Gloria Naylor, Shirley Jackson, REGINALD McKNlGHT, Maria Cruz Viramontes de Marin, John Edgar Wideman, George P. Garrett, Charles Johnson, Estela Portillo Trambley, Edgar Allan Poe, Allen Barnett, Franz Kafka, Herman Melville, John Cheever · Same author
  3. 3 Wet places at noon 1997 · 192 pages · Lee K. Abbott · Same author
  4. 4 Best of the Web 2009 2009 · 335 pages · Lee K. Abbott, Nathan Leslie · Same author
  5. 5 The Putt at the End of the World 2001 · 256 pages · Lee K. Abbott · Same author
  6. 6 The heart never fits its wanting 1980 · 119 pages · Lee K. Abbott · Same author

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What should I read after Love is the crooked thing?

BookOrb recommends Dreams of distant lives (1989), The Situation of the Story (1993), Wet places at noon (1997), Best of the Web 2009 (2009), and The Putt at the End of the World (2001).

Are there books like Love is the crooked thing?

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Who wrote Love is the crooked thing?

Love is the crooked thing is by Lee K. Abbott.