If you liked Identities by John Edgar Wideman, start with Le massacre du bétail (1998), The Situation of the Story (1993), and The cattle killing (1996). These recommendations are drawn from the same author, shared genres, and reader overlap on BookOrb.

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  1. 1 Le massacre du bétail 1998 · John Edgar Wideman · 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 The cattle killing 1996 · 212 pages · John Edgar Wideman · Same author
  4. 4 A glance away 1967 · 186 pages · John Edgar Wideman · Same author
  5. 5 All Stories Are True/Cassettes 1993 · John Edgar Wideman · Same author
  6. 6 American histories 2018 · 240 pages · John Edgar Wideman · Same author
  7. 7 Fatheralong 1994 · 224 pages · John Edgar Wideman · Same author
  8. 8 Ag lance away 1986 · 186 pages · John Edgar Wideman · Same author
  9. 9 Conversations with John Edgar Wideman 1998 · 224 pages · John Edgar Wideman · Same author
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Frequently asked questions

What should I read after Identities?

BookOrb recommends Le massacre du bétail (1998), The Situation of the Story (1993), The cattle killing (1996), A glance away (1967), and All Stories Are True/Cassettes (1993).

Are there books like Identities?

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Who wrote Identities?

Identities is by John Edgar Wideman.