Best Short Story Titles - April 2024

Best American Short Stories 2017 (The Best American Series ®)

Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction. “If you know exactly what you are going to get from the experience of reading a story, you probably wouldn’t go looking for it; you need, in order to be an open reader of fiction, to be willing. To cast a vote for what you love and then wait for the outcome,” writes Meg Wolitzer in her introduction. The Best American Short Stories 2017 casts a vote for and celebrates all that is our country. Here you’ll find a man with a boyfriend and a girlfriend, naval officers trapped on ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 054458290X
• ASIN: 054458290X
• ISBN: 054458290X
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Best American Mystery Stories 2018 (The Best American Series ®)

#1 New York Times best-selling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, Louise Penny brings her “nerve and skill—as well as heart” (Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post) to selecting the best short mystery and crime fiction of the year. Writing short stories takes “Skill. Discipline. Knowledge of the form while not being formulaic,” contends Louise Penny in her introduction. “In a short story there is nowhere to hide. Each must be original, fresh, inspired.” Originality is just what’s in store for readers of the twenty clever, creative selections in The Best American M... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07896J32K
• ASIN: B07896J32K
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Best American Short Stories

The Best American Series® First, Best, and Best-Selling The Best American series is the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction and nonfiction. Each volume’s series editor selects notable works from hundreds of magazines, journals, and websites. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected — and most popular — of its kind. The Best American Short Stories 2012 includes Nathan Englander, Mary Gaitskill, Roxane Gay, Jennifer Haigh,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547242107
• ASIN: 0547242107
• ISBN: 0547242107
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology

Collects short stories by African American writers such as James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Gwendolyn Brooks, Ralph Ellison, and Alice Walker

• ASIN: 0316380318
• ASIN: 0316380318
• ISBN: 0316380318
• Manufacturer: Back Bay Books

The Best Short Stories of O. Henry (Modern Library)

The more than 600 stories written by O. Henry provided an embarrassment of riches for the compilers of this volume.  The final selection of the thirty-eight stories in this collection offers for the reader's delight those tales honored almost unanimously by anthologists and those that represent, in variety and balance, the best work of America's favorite storyteller.  They are tales in his most mellow, humorous, and ironic moods.  They give the full range and flavor of the man born William Sydney Porter but known throughout the world as O. Henry, one of the great masters of the short sto... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0679601228
• ASIN: 0679601228
• ISBN: 0679601228
• Brand: Modern Library
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

The Best American Short Stories 2005 (The Best American Series)

The Best American Series First, Best, and Best-SellingThe Best American series has been the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction since 1915. Each volume's series editor selects notable works from hundreds of periodicals. A special guest editor, a leading writer in the field, then chooses the very best twenty or so pieces to publish. This unique system has made the Best American series the most respected -- and most popular -- of its kind. The Best American Short Stories 2005 includesDennis Lehane • Tom Perrotta • Alice Munro • Edward P. Jones • ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618427058
• UPC: 046442427050
• ASIN: 0618427058
• ISBN: 0618427058
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin

I've Got My Eyes on You

The newest thriller and instant #1 New York Times bestseller from Queen of Suspense Mary Higgins Clark shows us just how far a family and a town will go to protect their own in the wake of tragedy.After a party when her parents are away, eighteen-year-old Kerry Dowling is found fully dressed at the bottom of the family pool. The immediate suspect is her boyfriend, who had a bitter argument with her at the party. Then there is a twenty-year-old neighbor who was angry because she didn’t invite him to the party. Or is there another suspect who has not yet been seen on the radar? Kerry’s olde... [Read More]

• ASIN: B074ZWSKZP
• ASIN: B074ZWSKZP
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

20 Under 40: Stories from The New Yorker

In June 2010, the editors of The New Yorker announced to widespread media coverage their selection of "20 Under 40"―the young fiction writers who are, or will be, central to their generation. The magazine published twenty stories by this stellar group of writers over the course of the summer. They are now collected for the first time in one volume.The range of voices is extraordinary. There is the lyrical realism of Nell Freudenberger, Philipp Meyer, C. E. Morgan, and Salvatore Scibona; the satirical comedy of Joshua Ferris and Gary Shteyngart; and the genre-bending tales of Jonathan Safran ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374532877
• ASIN: 0374532877
• ISBN: 0374532877
• Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Shot Caller

• ASIN: B074SYZYZP
• ASIN: B074SYZYZP

Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: 20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Spanish & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way! (Easy Spanish Stories) (Volume 1)

Do you know what the hardest thing for a Spanish learner is?Finding PROPER reading material that they can handle…which is precisely the reason we’ve written this book!Teachers love giving out tough, expert-level literature to their students, books that present many new problems to the reader and force them to search for words in a dictionary every five minutes — it’s not entertaining, useful or motivating for the student at all, and many soon give up on learning at all!In this book we have compiled 20 easy-to-read, compelling and fun stories that will allow you to expand your vocabular... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1983807893
• ASIN: 1983807893
• ISBN: 1983807893
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

80 Days

• ASIN: B00QZ727TO
• ASIN: B00QZ727TO
• Brand: inkle Ltd
• Manufacturer: inkle Ltd

Unfu*k Yourself: Get Out of Your Head and into Your Life (Unfu*k Yourself series)

Joining the ranks of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, You Are a Badas*, and F*ck Feelings comes this refreshing, BS-free, self-empowerment guide that offers an honest, no-nonsense, tough-love approach to help you move past self-imposed limitations.Are you tired of feeling fu*ked up? If you are, Gary John Bishop has the answer. In this straightforward handbook, he gives you the tools and advice you need to demolish the slag weighing you down and become the truly unfu*ked version of yourself. ''Wake up to the miracle you are,'' he directs. ''Here... [Read More]

• ASIN: B071F7C5NQ
• ASIN: B071F7C5NQ
• Manufacturer: HarperOne

20 Halloween Stories - Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection

In 20 HALLOWEEN STORIES, a new single-disc release from Scholastic Storybook Treasures: The Classic Collection, spooky tales and silly stories are faithfully adapted from classic books! Full list of stories: Where the Wild Things Are, Creepy Carrots, Dinosaur Bones, The Day of the Dead, Dem Bones, The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, Teeny-Tiny and the Witch-Woman, A Very Brave Witch, Space Case, Diary of a Spider, Los Gatos Black on Halloween, By the Light of the Halloween Moon, A Dark, Dark Tale, What s Under My Bed, Strega Nona, The Three Robbers, Fletcher and the Falling Lea... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00ZE5022C
• UPC: 883476148212
• ASIN: B00ZE5022C
• Brand: CINEDIGM
• Manufacturer: Scholastic

The Best American Short Stories 1995

The eightieth annual anthology in the best-selling, preeminent series contains the work of new talents as well as established authors, including Don DeLillo, Ellen Gilchrist, and Joy Williams, exploring the variety and drama of American life. Simultaneous.

• ASIN: 0395711797
• ASIN: 0395711797
• ISBN: 0395711797
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Hot, Quick & Dirty: 12 Steamy Short Stories (Quickies Series Book 2)

What happens when a best selling romance author writes your fantasies? You get this collection 12 sizzling short stories.These stories are perfect for fast steamy reads. Each of these short stories are unique and complete, so in one story you'll be falling for a sexy writer, next a firefighter, then maybe a biker or perhaps a couple of cowboys... oh, plus you'll find couple of surprises. So, if you love your romance hot and fast then grab yourself a copy of 'Hot, Quick & Dirty' and experience the fun of these 12 hot, short reads.

• ASIN: B077HTJHVC
• ASIN: B077HTJHVC
• Brand: ROLYET
• Manufacturer: ROLYET

Saving Turtles: Short Stories by Jim Pahz

Saving Turtles: Short Stories by Jim

• UPC: 25099754

Turtle Doves (short story) (Twelve Days of Winter: Crime at Christmas, Book 2) - Audiobook

Second story in a collection of interlinked tales of crime and retribution laced with dark humour, set around the festive season When a double suicide arrives at the city morgue, Sandra thinks it’s a Christmas

• UPC: 570662873

Best Russian Short Stories - eBook

For centuries, critics and fans alike have extolled the virtues of the Russian masters of fiction, with many ranking them among the foremost literary artists the world has ever produced. This volume collects finely crafted

• UPC: 699648974
• Rating: 3.5

The Best Short Stories of Stephen Crane - eBook

Stephen Crane, an American writer and journalist, is best known for his critically acclaimed Civil War novel "The Red Badge of Courage". In addition to this remarkable work, Crane also wrote many short stories about

• UPC: 619838845

My Best Short Stories - eBook

This edition contains the most important and best known short stories, that were not included in other prominent collections. Included are: The Body-Snatcher Thrawn Janet Will O' the Mill The Treasure of Franchard Markheim The

• UPC: 101388240

The Best American Humorous Short Stories - eBook

In view of the necessary limitations as to the volume's size, I could not hope to represent all periods of American literature adequately, nor was this necessary in order to give examples of the best

• UPC: 490543509

The Best British Short Stories of 1922 - eBook

When Edward J. O'Brien asked me to cooperate with him in choosing each year's best English short stories, to be published as a companion volume to his annual selection of the best American short stories,

• UPC: 445948405

The Best American Humorous Short Stories - eBook

How much real comfort every one might enjoy if he would be contented with the lot in which heaven has cast him, and how much trouble would be avoided if people would only "let well

• UPC: 279823617

The Best of Matt Diamond's Short Stories - eBook

"The Best of Matt Diamond's Short Stories" has 146 pages and contains 10 short stories. It has five excellent Westerns, five Detectives which are very mild that could be enjoyed by young adults. The proofreader

• UPC: 882023853

The Best American Science Fiction Short Stories - eBook

Timeless collection of selected American science fiction short stories. Finding time for reading can often be a difficult task for many people with hectic and busy schedules. Committing oneself to a novel often involves a major

• UPC: 293430008