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How to Be Lost: A NovelHow to Be Lost: A Novel
Best Price: $1.45
It's not that this book was bad. It had a good plot idea and it was a fast read (I read it in 2...
Krik? Krak!Krik? Krak!
Best Price: $6.98
To be honest I got about 20 pages into this book before I decided I wouldn't finish it. I passed...
Writing in General and the Short Story in ParticularWriting in General and the Short Story in Particular
Best Price: $7.62
Written for short story writers, this literary book gave me a lot to think about. There are...
In God We Trust: All Others Pay CashIn God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
Best Price: $4.70
An excellant book that reviews a typical midwestern childhood from the humorous viewpoint of an...
Orson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine ShowOrson Scott Card's InterGalactic Medicine Show
Best Price: $7.87
Somehow when I bought this book I assumed that it would contain the complete written works of...


CathedralCathedral
Best Price: $5.00
In a sense the book can be divided into thirds- four great tales, four solid-good tales, and...
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (Oxford Books of Prose)The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (Oxford Books of Prose)
Best Price: $13.06
If there is one book that I would recommend regarding good Gothic fiction, it would be The...
PiecesPieces
Best Price: $2.94
I really disliked the book. The stories chosen were pointless and boring. I would read one...
The October CountryThe October Country
Best Price: $7.98
Adapted from ISawLightningFall.blogspot.com Autumn is the season that draws me back to my...
Home: A NovelHome: A Novel
Best Price: $17.99
John James is the narrator of GILEAD. He is the Congregationalist minister in Gilead, Iowa and...


The InvitationThe Invitation
Best Price: $2.92
Still reading it, but all her books are great. Good story and well involved.
Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1)
Best Price: $8.75
Reading this book made me fall in love with 17th and 18th century Europe, a period in history...
Night Shift (Signet)Night Shift (Signet)
Best Price: $2.00
I am a Stephen King fan. In fact, my most favorite book to date is his masterpiece, The Stand. ...
The Stories of John CheeverThe Stories of John Cheever
Best Price: $10.00
Of all the archetypal New Yorker short story writers of the Twentieth Century- John O'Hara, John...
Complete Sherlock HolmesComplete Sherlock Holmes
Best Price: $15.00
As a fan of Sherlock Holmes, I really liked reading the four novels and fifty-six short stories...

Tales of Ordinary MadnessTales of Ordinary Madness
Best Price: $7.90
This is only the second Bukowski book I've read, the first being Post Office. I liked Post...
Death in Venice: And Seven Other StoriesDeath in Venice: And Seven Other Stories
Best Price: $5.75
Although his very name is synonymous with notoriously long novels such as ...
The Grass HarpThe Grass Harp
Best Price: $7.15
Truman Capote's gift for the written word brings marvel even in comparison to great literary...
The People on Privilege HillThe People on Privilege Hill
Best Price: $5.70
Memories, and in many cases, the memories of the aged, infuse this collection of fourteen...
Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian StoriesMen in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories
Best Price: $11.00
Written and published in the 1950s and 1960s, this slender volume of stories by Ghassan...

Wild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and HemingwayWild Nights!: Stories About the Last Days of Poe, Dickinson, Twain, James, and Hemingway
Best Price: $13.90
This short story collection examines the last days and nights of five prolific American writers,...
The Nimrod Flipout: StoriesThe Nimrod Flipout: Stories
Best Price: $6.79
Etgar Keret is nothing more (or less) than the Etgar Keret of Israeli literature. His style in...
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Penguin Classics)This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $5.99
An Auschwitz survivor tells us how the people the Nazis deported to this concentration camp...
The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology (Everyman's Library (Cloth))The Best of Wodehouse: An Anthology (Everyman's Library (Cloth))
Best Price: $17.73
I can't believe I waited this long to read Jeeves and Wooster. I've been enjoying the old BBC...
The Complete Stories of Truman CapoteThe Complete Stories of Truman Capote
Best Price: $7.66
Of the twenty stories that comprise the surprisingly slim (for a writer of his renown) The...

Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories (Hilarious Stories)Enter Jeeves: 15 Early Stories (Hilarious Stories)
Best Price: $5.04
I will not rate this item among the best works of Wodehouse, but the Jeeves stories are still...
Sharpe's Christmas: Two Short Stories (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series)Sharpe's Christmas: Two Short Stories (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series)
Best Price: $7.55
Two short stories, a good quick read and a must to keep your Sharpe collection complete.
Great American Stories: Ten Unabridged ClassicsGreat American Stories: Ten Unabridged Classics
Best Price: $17.84
I bought this for my dad as he has started listening to literature on XM Radio. So far he loves...
Exceptions to Reality: StoriesExceptions to Reality: Stories
Best Price: $3.45
As is evident in his many thrilling novels, Alan Dean Foster is a master at creating other...
The Decameron (Penguin Classics)The Decameron (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $8.29
A wonderful work, these refreshing pieces have a verve that is hard to find in medieval...

Eleven Short Stories/Undici Novelle (A Dual-Language Book)Eleven Short Stories/Undici Novelle (A Dual-Language Book)
Best Price: $7.99
I like dual language books as I Learn the language. This one is a good one. the stories are...
CaneCane
Best Price: $6.50
This is not a book that is likely to be appreciated by the pabulum fed mass readership of today,...
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Penguin Classics)This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $5.99
An Auschwitz survivor tells us how the people the Nazis deported to this concentration camp...
Zane's Sex ChroniclesZane's Sex Chronicles
Best Price: $8.40
New York Times bestselling author Zane presents a tantalizing short story collection, Zane's...
Writing in General and the Short Story in ParticularWriting in General and the Short Story in Particular
Best Price: $7.62
Written for short story writers, this literary book gave me a lot to think about. There are...

Men in the Sun and Other Palestinian StoriesMen in the Sun and Other Palestinian Stories
Best Price: $11.00
This book contains a novella as well as several short stories by the prominent Palestinian...
The Grass HarpThe Grass Harp
Best Price: $6.97
Truman Capote's gift for the written word brings marvel even in comparison to great literary...
James Bond: The Union Trilogy: Three 007 Novels (High Time to Kill, Doubleshot, Never Dream of Dying) and a Short Story ("Blast from the Past")James Bond: The Union Trilogy: Three 007 Novels (High Time to Kill, Doubleshot, Never Dream of Dying) and a Short Story ("Blast from the Past")
Best Price: $13.57
Raymond Benson brings us an updated 007 that offers more depth than the cardboard action figure...
Little BirdsLittle Birds
Best Price: $7.99
definitely not the erotica I was expecting. there's some interesting twisted stuff but if you're...
Bartleby and Benito Cereno (Dover Thrift Editions)Bartleby and Benito Cereno (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.01
Bartleby is a quick entertaining read about the breakdown between employee/employer relationships.

The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris and  Goodbye to Berlin (New Directions Book)The Berlin Stories: The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin (New Directions Book)
Best Price: $7.99
I feel as if the contents of this novel have been thoroughly addressed. Therefore I will address...
The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis SingerThe Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
Best Price: $6.95
Isaac Bashevis Singer is not a good short story writer. Isaac Bashevis Singer is not a bad short...
Great American Stories: Ten Unabridged ClassicsGreat American Stories: Ten Unabridged Classics
Best Price: $17.84
I bought this for my dad as he has started listening to literature on XM Radio. So far he loves...
The Art of the Short StoryThe Art of the Short Story
Best Price: $13.03
Short stories and advice from 52 great authors of short fiction. Need I really say more? I love...
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (Oxford Books of Prose)The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales (Oxford Books of Prose)
Best Price: $13.06
If there is one book that I would recommend regarding good Gothic fiction, it would be The...

The Girl on the Fridge: StoriesThe Girl on the Fridge: Stories
Best Price: $6.72
Keret's stories are rarely happy, but they're fun. Their fluidity and lack of surface...
Drinking Coffee ElsewhereDrinking Coffee Elsewhere
Best Price: $2.89
Beautiful and breath-taking. Ms. Packer is a truly gifted story teller and a keen observer of...
Magic for BeginnersMagic for Beginners
Best Price: $4.49
Okay, so it's a silly cliche, but I'm going to use it anyway...Kelly Link is the absolute best...
The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $4.03
One may not like Jack London as a person because of his strong socialist, and social darwinist,...
Billy Budd and Other TalesBilly Budd and Other Tales
Best Price: $1.18
I went into Billy Budd expecting fully unique characters, dynamic adventure scenes,...

Hit Man (John Keller Mysteries)Hit Man (John Keller Mysteries)
Best Price: $3.55
How this book gets so highly rated is beyond me. While I wasn't expecting literature, I expect...
Great American Short StoriesGreat American Short Stories
Best Price: $4.06
The book is in great condition. It got here quickly also. I am very satisfied with the service...
Little BirdsLittle Birds
Best Price: $7.99
definitely not the erotica I was expecting. there's some interesting twisted stuff but if you're...
Collected Stories (Everyman's Library)Collected Stories (Everyman's Library)
Best Price: $15.50
Once again! the Everyman's Library has outdone any other publisher's job of creating a thorough...
Stephen King Goes to the MoviesStephen King Goes to the Movies
Best Price: $7.99
Stephen King revisits five of his favorite short stories that have been turned into films: The...
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