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A Cool Million and The Dream Life of Balso Snell: Two NovelsA Cool Million and The Dream Life of Balso Snell: Two Novels
Best Price: $6.74
While "Balso Snell" is funny in a late-Mark Twain kind of way, the real reason to buy...
Death in Midsummer: And Other StoriesDeath in Midsummer: And Other Stories
Best Price: $6.45
This is a collection of stories by yukio mishima ranging on many highly japanese culture...
Collected StoriesCollected Stories
Best Price: $10.50
I have not been this impressed and delighted by the written word, especially by short stories,...
Selected Stories (New York Review Books Classics)Selected Stories (New York Review Books Classics)
Best Price: $7.93
"Wandering, what a brilliant, light blue joy you are!" If the absolute inevitable...
A Fistful of Fig NewtonsA Fistful of Fig Newtons
Best Price: $8.52
This was the third collection of Jean Sheppard short stories that I have read, and this one was...


The Wedding of Zein and Other StoriesThe Wedding of Zein and Other Stories
Best Price: $10.00
"The Wedding of Zein" actually includes three separate stories, all set in pleasant,...
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories (Signet Classics)The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories (Signet Classics)
Best Price: $1.86
I enjoyed this book because of Jewett's turn-of-the-century language and simply accurate...
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings (Penguin Classics)A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $4.82
CHARLES DICKENS A CHRISTMAS CAROL AND OTHER CHRISTMAS WRITINGS is a wonderful collection of...
Don't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and EnglandDon't Bet on the Prince: Contemporary Feminist Fairy Tales in North America and England
Best Price: $22.50
The book tells feminist fairy stories that are gentle with the guys too. Jack Zipes, the editor...
Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: StoriesBuying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories
Best Price: $4.78
I read Gao Xingjian's "One Man's Bible" and came away ready to read more of his prose....


Demons in the SpringDemons in the Spring
Best Price: $12.44
David Eggers' gushing blurb tipped me to read this, but almost every story read like an...
The Granta Book of the American Short StoryThe Granta Book of the American Short Story
Best Price: $6.23
The short stories are wonderfully written, and, because they are from the last fifty years, no...
Short And Tall Tales: Moose County Legends (Cat Who Short Stories)Short And Tall Tales: Moose County Legends (Cat Who Short Stories)
Best Price: $0.99
I like Ms Braun's work very much and would give each of her "Cat Who" books a five ...
Stories (Everyman's Library (Cloth))Stories (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Best Price: $17.09
Whether describing an actress in love with an angry married man, the simple pleasures of a...
Forty Stories (Penguin Classics)Forty Stories (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.46
While very challenging and insightful, I found many of the stories to be superficially...

Discoveries: Fifty Stories of the QuestDiscoveries: Fifty Stories of the Quest
Best Price: $38.59
The short stories here are all interesting and an excellent account of the different types of...
Six Great Sherlock Holmes StoriesSix Great Sherlock Holmes Stories
Best Price: $0.15
I purchased this book for use in the most advanced class in an English Camp in the Czech...
The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Classics)The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.37
A studious version, if you like. There are a large number of notes for each story for you to...
There Are Jews in My HouseThere Are Jews in My House
Best Price: $6.71
Ms.Vapnyar's stories are some of the best I have read. I only hope she will produce many more!...
The Aleph and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)The Aleph and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.46
I was trying to get this book in Spanish,the language it was written .I didn't .

The Best American Short Stories 2000 (The Best American Series)The Best American Short Stories 2000 (The Best American Series)
Best Price: $3.29
--my viewpoint: So many of these are great works--for both mind and the deep heart-of heart...
The Darker MaskThe Darker Mask
Best Price: $8.89
Pretty cool and I liked the mix of writers and artists. I hope Phillips and Chambers do this...
Great Ghost StoriesGreat Ghost Stories
Best Price: $0.09
This rather good Dover book is a collection of ghost stories and tales by a lot of different...
News from Nowhere and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)News from Nowhere and Other Writings (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.96
"News from Nowhere" is a Utopian fantasy in strong reaction against the Industrial...
When the Nines Roll Over: And Other StoriesWhen the Nines Roll Over: And Other Stories
Best Price: $1.00
A collection of eight stories! Each story is unique and the writing is very, very modern....

The Collected Fantasies Of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 4: The Maze of the Enchanter (The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith)The Collected Fantasies Of Clark Ashton Smith Volume 4: The Maze of the Enchanter (The Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashton Smith)
Best Price: $26.37
This series presents Clark Ashton Smith's fiction chronologically, based on composition rather...
Babylon Revisited: And Other StoriesBabylon Revisited: And Other Stories
Best Price: $4.42
The literary voice of the ninteen-twenties' "Jazz Age," F. Scott Fitzgerald was out...
The William Faulkner Audio CollectionThe William Faulkner Audio Collection
Best Price: $13.80
I have been unable to take these CDs out of my automobile's CD changer since I bought this set....
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets: and Other Tales of New York (Penguin Classics)Maggie: A Girl of the Streets: and Other Tales of New York (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $5.37
I reread Stephen Crane's "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets" yesterday. It was the first...
The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $1.00
"The man who would be king" is Kipling's great story of two British ex-soldiers who...

Where We Once BelongedWhere We Once Belonged
Best Price: $8.00
Where We Once Belonged by Sia Figiel is a novel set in Samoa, a novel that won the Commonwealth...
The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction)The Year's Best Science Fiction: Twenty-Third Annual Collection (Year's Best Science Fiction)
Best Price: $6.48
This is an above average quality Dozois Year's Best anthology, the average being 3.87. A few...
Reasons to LiveReasons to Live
Best Price: $6.99
There are many reasons to read Amy Hempel's superb debut, "Reasons to Live". Here you...
Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)Five Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.16
Chekhov's writing shines in this collection. The stories are nice and short--easy to read when...
Love and Hydrogen: New and Selected StoriesLove and Hydrogen: New and Selected Stories
Best Price: $8.90
These stories are fascinating and captivating. Within this one book you are intimately guided...

Severance: StoriesSeverance: Stories
Best Price: $8.07
Severance combines two theories: that consciousness is retained after decapitation for 90...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (B&N Classics)
Best Price: $0.50
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde , by Robert Louis Stevenson , is part of the ...
Leaf Storm: and Other Stories (Perennial Classics)Leaf Storm: and Other Stories (Perennial Classics)
Best Price: $5.98
'Leaf Storm' is known as the first novella published by Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez. And from this...
Dancing After Hours: StoriesDancing After Hours: Stories
Best Price: $3.95
This has to be one of the worst books I have ever read. You go from story to story hoping that...
The Dead Fish MuseumThe Dead Fish Museum
Best Price: $7.89
From beginning to end this collection of stories was funny, moving, and soulful, especially the...

The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay: The Thirty-Nine Steps/Greenmantle/Mr. Standfast/the Three HostagesThe Four Adventures of Richard Hannay: The Thirty-Nine Steps/Greenmantle/Mr. Standfast/the Three Hostages
Best Price: $10.98
"The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay" gathers in one volume stories written by John...
Sanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel CompletedSanditon: Jane Austen's Last Novel Completed
Best Price: $7.88
I am so excited to finally own this book. I had read this before and thought that the auhor did...
The Adventures of Isabel With Audio CD (Poetry Telling Stories)The Adventures of Isabel With Audio CD (Poetry Telling Stories)
Best Price: $8.25
"Isabel met an enormous bear, Isabel, Isabel didn't care; The bear was hungry, the bear...
The Best American Short Stories 1998 (The Best American Series (TM))The Best American Short Stories 1998 (The Best American Series (TM))
Best Price: $1.27
If you can't commit to a actual novel these quick stories will keep your attention.
Around the World With Auntie MameAround the World With Auntie Mame
Best Price: $4.75
Since the first time I read this book, now nearly four decades ago, I've been haunted by the...

Cosmos and Pornografia: Two NovelsCosmos and Pornografia: Two Novels
Best Price: $8.12
A fascinating book. The narrator's peculiar neurosis and the tragic real world around him to...
Cosmos and Pornografia: Two NovelsCosmos and Pornografia: Two Novels
Best Price: $8.12
A fascinating book. The narrator's peculiar neurosis and the tragic real world around him to...
Maggie: A Girl Of The StreetsMaggie: A Girl Of The Streets
Best Price: $4.50
Maggie, A Girl of the Streets, is the first novel written by author Stephen Crane, and was...
Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy (Penguin Classics)Daddy-Long-Legs and Dear Enemy (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $7.24
After watching the latest movie of Daddy-Long-Legs (Fred Astaire and Leslie Caron), I had to...
The Adventures of Ghetto Sam and the Glory of My DemiseThe Adventures of Ghetto Sam and the Glory of My Demise
Best Price: $10.17
I enjoyed the first story more but it was a good book in all and he is surely a great writer....

FAUST 1FAUST 1
Best Price: $7.23
A stunning new collection of fiction inspired by the fantastic world of manga–and...
Mixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial ExperienceMixed: An Anthology of Short Fiction on the Multiracial Experience
Best Price: $7.50
MIXED explores the mixed-race experience and successfully dismantles so many common...
Spunk: The Selected Stories of Zora Neale HurstonSpunk: The Selected Stories of Zora Neale Hurston
Best Price: $5.75
The short stories contained in this book reflect the manifold talents of Zora Neale Hurston as a...
God: StoriesGod: Stories
Best Price: $2.47
I know most of you out there are screaming, "But I want to read novels! The kind you can't...
Bleed into Me: A Book of Stories (Native Storiers: A  Series of American Narratives)Bleed into Me: A Book of Stories (Native Storiers: A Series of American Narratives)
Best Price: $17.88
This is a very strong collection of stories and an excellent place to start if you're new to...
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