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24 alternatives to Refund: Stories

National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Refund: Stories launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Fortune Smiles: Stories▲57

   National Book Award winner for Fiction 2015

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Fates and Furies▲71

   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

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   The Thing About Jellyfish▲59

   National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

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   A Little Life: A Novel▲5

   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

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   The Throwback Special▲61

   A Novel

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   The Turner House▲5

   National Book Award nomination for Fiction 2015

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   Ordinary Light▲5

   National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

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   Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling▲68

   Using stories to advocate, influence, and persuade

   2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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   Curious Fictions▲130

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    Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs▲70

    National Book Award nomination for Nonfiction 2015

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    The Sellout▲55

    A NYT Book Review Best Book of 2015

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Let Me Tell You A Story▲80

    A new approach to healing through the art of storytelling

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    Nimona▲3

    National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

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    Bright Dead Things▲1

    National Book Award nomination for Poetry 2015

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    Redeployment▲68

    Collection of stories that won the 2014 National Book Award

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    Read Your Story▲94

    Very personalized printed children's storybooks

    2016 · jibjab.com · its alternatives →

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    Amazing Story Generator▲70

    Writerly inspiration with a flip-book of story ideas

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    Bone Gap▲4

    National Book Award nomination for YA Literature 2015

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    The Goldfinch▲86

    Recent Pulitzer Prize winner for fiction

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    We Need Diverse Books▲87

    Advocating and supporting non-majority narratives

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    Retellable▲63

    How your essential stories unlock power and purpose

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    #IWriteBecause▲111

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    Winning the Story Wars▲63

    Why those who tell the best stories will rule the future

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