Reading Short Stories: Where To Start
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The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
- ASIN: 0679745130
- ISBN: 0679745130
- Brand: Brand: Vintage
- Manufacturer: Vintage
Variously funny, frightening, poignant, and exhilarating, these collected stories displays the best American writers at the peak of their powers and the national narrative at its most eloquent, truthful, and inventive.The thirty-three stories in this volume prove that American short fiction maybe be our most distinctive national art form. As select... [Read More]
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Short Stories: Five Decades (Phoenix Fiction)
- ASIN: B00BBPWB78
- Manufacturer: Open Road Media
A wide-ranging fictional portrait of life in postwar America by an acclaimed New Yorker short story writer and #1 New York Times–bestselling novelist. Irwin Shaw was a star of the New Yorker’s fiction pages in the 1930s and ’40s. His prose helped shape the landscape of post-war fiction, and his work drew from a remarkable life that spanned fr... [Read More]
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Honeymoon Cottage (A Pajaro Bay Mystery Book 1)
- ASIN: B0190LLDKA
- Manufacturer: Pajaro Bay Publishing
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Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present
- ASIN: 0316599239
- ISBN: 0316599239
- Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
In 1969, Little, Brown and Company published The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, edited by Langston Hughes - the classic compendium of African-American short fiction from 1897 to 1967. Now, a quarter of a century later, Gloria Naylor has compiled an encore volume, Children of the Night, bringing this extraordinary series up to date. Gathering ... [Read More]
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The Overstory: A Novel
- ASIN: B073VX7HT4
- Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
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Big Little Lies
- ASIN: 0425274861
- ISBN: 0425274861
- Brand: Moriarty Liane
- Manufacturer: Berkley
DON’T MISS SEASON 2 OF THE GOLDEN GLOBE AND EMMY AWARD-WINNING HBO SERIES STARRING REESE WITHERSPOON, NICOLE KIDMAN, SHAILENE WOODLEY, LAURA DERN, ZOË KRAVITZ, AND MERYL STREEPFrom the author of Nine Perfect Strangers, Truly Madly Guilty, and The Husband’s Secret comes the #1 New York Times bestselling novel about the dangerous little lies we ... [Read More]
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Surrender
- ASIN: B00GBHW9L4
- Manufacturer: 7th Press
5 Sizzling Authors . . . 5 Ways to Surrender.BOOK DESCRIPTIONS:TALL, DARK and CHARMING by Erika WildeAiden Stone loves life as a bachelor and has no intentions of settling down anytime soon. He has a great job and a career he enjoys, and women adore him . . . except for Daisy Parker, who doesn't seem fazed by his flirtatious attempts or the sexy sm... [Read More]
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The Things They Carried
- UPC: 046442706414
- ASIN: 0618706410
- ISBN: 0544309766
- Brand: Tim O Brien
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
A classic work of American literature that has not stopped changing minds and lives since it burst onto the literary scene, The Things They Carried is a ground-breaking meditation on war, memory, imagination, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The Things They Carried depicts the men of Alpha Company: Jimmy Cross, Henry Dobbins, Rat Kiley... [Read More]
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Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel
- ASIN: B01N4VW75U
- Brand: Unknown
- Manufacturer: Penguin Books
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The Kite Runner
- ASIN: 159463193X
- ISBN: 9781594631931
- Brand: Riverhead Books
- Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
The #1 New York Times bestselling debut novel that introduced Khaled Hosseini to millions of readers the world over. The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, The Kite Runner transports readers to Afghanistan at a tense... [Read More]
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The Husband's Secret
- ASIN: B00D7Z4GQY
- Manufacturer: Berkley
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A Man Called Ove: A Novel
- ASIN: 1476738025
- ISBN: 9781476738024
- Brand: Washington Square Press
- Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Read the New York Times bestseller that has taken the world by storm! In this “charming debut” (People) from one of Sweden’s most successful authors, a grumpy yet loveable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door.Meet Ove. He’s a curmudgeon—the kind of man who points at people he di... [Read More]
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Great Short Stories by Contemporary Native American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)
- UPC: 800759490950
- ASIN: 0486490955
- ISBN: 0486490955
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications
"First time I've read a collection from Native American Writers. Won't be my last. Important collection that examines the contrast and sometimes conflict between Whites and Native Americans and also conflicts between full-blood and half-blood. Very interesting and enlightening. Loved it!" — BookBunnyPRThis new anthology of short fiction by Native... [Read More]
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Homegoing
- ASIN: 1101971061
- ISBN: 1101971061
- Brand: VINTAGE
- Manufacturer: Vintage
Winner of the PEN/ Hemingway AwardWinner of the NBCC's John Leonard AwardShortlisted for the British Book Award - Debut of the YearA New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the Year: NPR, Time, Oprah.com, Harper’s Bazaar, San Francisco Chronicle, Mother Jones, Esquire, Elle, Paste, Entertainment Weekly, t... [Read More]
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The House on Mango Street
- ASIN: 0679734775
- ISBN: 9780679734772
- Brand: Vintage
- Manufacturer: Vintage
Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street is the remarkable story of Esperanza Cordero. Told in a series of vignettes – sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous – it is the story of... [Read More]
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There There: A novel
- ASIN: B075HY1NFB
- Manufacturer: Knopf
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
- ASIN: 159448385X
- ISBN: 159448385X
- Brand: Khaled Hosseini
- Manufacturer: Riverhead Books
Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list an... [Read More]
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven
- ASIN: 1401308589
- ISBN: 9781401308582
- Brand: Hyperion
- Manufacturer: Hachette Books
A specially produced paperback edition--with flaps--of the phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller, that has sold more than six million copies in hardcover Eddie is a grizzled war veteran who feels trapped in a meaningless life of fixing rides at a seaside amusement park. His days are a dull routine of work, loneliness, and regret. Then, on his 83r... [Read More]
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A Lesson Before Dying (Oprah's Book Club)
- ASIN: 0375702709
- ISBN: 9780375702709
- Brand: Vintage Books USA
- Manufacturer: Vintage
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Station Eleven
- ASIN: 0804172447
- ISBN: 0804172447
- Brand: Emily St John Mandel
- Manufacturer: Vintage
An audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization’s collapse, Station Eleven tells the spellbinding story of a Hollywood star, his would-be savior, and a nomadic group of actors roaming the scattered outposts of the Great Lakes region, risking everything for art and humanity. A National Book Award FinalistA PEN/Faulkn... [Read More]
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