Best World Literature Short Stories - April 2024

Out of This World: The Best Short Stories from The MOON

This anthology features the best short stories from The MOON magazine published between January 2013 and May 2019, including works by Charles Joseph Albert, John Betton, Arthur Carey, William Cass, Xixuan Collins, DC Diamondopolous, Madeline McEwen, Debra Leea Glasheen, Gary Ives, Alexander Kemp, Daniel Larson, Jon Moray, Puloma Mukherjee, James Norris, Rodolph Rowe, Garret Rowlan, DL Shirey, Gerald Stanek, Mitch Toews, William J. Watkins, Jr., Laura Grace Weldon, and Laura Widener. With genres spanning sci-fi, fantasy, humor, courtroom drama, suspense, inspiration, and literature, this book o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1078315329
• ASIN: 1078315329
• ISBN: 1078315329
• Manufacturer: Independently published

The Oxford Book of American Short Stories

In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily includes such time-honored works as Irving's "Rip Van Winkle" and Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." But alongside these often-anthologized tales, Oates introduces such little-known stories as Mark Twain's "Cannib... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0199744394
• ASIN: 0199744394
• ISBN: 0199744394
• Brand: Oxford University Press USA
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

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

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short fiction. “I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed,” writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2018, “but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world.” The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention c... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544582942
• ASIN: 0544582942
• ISBN: 0544582942
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

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
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

The Best American Short Stories 2014 (The Best American Series ®)

“The literary ‘Oscars’ features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.” — Shelf Awareness for ReadersThe Best American Short Stories 2014 will be selected by national best-selling author Jennifer Egan, who won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction for A Visit from the Goon Squad, heralded by Time magazine as “a new classic of American fiction.” Egan “possesses a satirist’s eye and a romance novelist’s heart” (New York Times Book Review).

• ASIN: 0547868863
• ASIN: 0547868863
• ISBN: 9780547868868
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Black American Short Stories: A Century of the Best (American Century Series)

The success of John Henrik Clarke's American Negro Short Stories, first published in 1966, affirmed the vitality and importance of black fiction. Now this expanded edition of that best-selling book, with a new title, offers the reader thirty-one stories included in the original―from Charles W. Chesnutt and Paul Laurence Dunbar in the late nineteenth century to the rich and productive work of the Harlem Renaissance: writers like Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, and Richard Wright; the World War II accomplishments of Chester Himes, Frank Yerby, and many others; and the later fiction of Jam... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374523541
• ASIN: 0374523541
• ISBN: 0374523541
• Brand: Hill and Wang
• Manufacturer: Hill and Wang

100 Great Short Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)

"This is a wonderful collection of authors from America and around the world. Centuries are covered, making this a great resource for English teachers and any lover of literature." — Life Community ChurchThis treasury of one hundred tales offers students and other readers of short fiction a splendid selection of stories by masters of the form. Contributors from around the world include Edgar Allan Poe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Guy de Maupassant, Charles Dickens, Anton Chekhov, Mark Twain, Saki, Luigi Pirandello, Kate Chopin, and Ring Lardner. The stories, which are arranged chronologically, b... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486790215
• UPC: 800759790210
• ASIN: 0486790215
• ISBN: 0486790215
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

The Best American Short Stories 2013 (The Best American Series ®)

“As our vision becomes more global, our storytelling is stretching in many ways. Stories increasingly change point of view, switch location, and sometimes pack as much material as a short novel might,” writes guest editor Elizabeth Strout. “It’s the variety of voices that most indicates the increasing confluence of cultures involved in making us who we are.” The Best American Short Stories 2013 presents an impressive diversity of writers who dexterously lead us into their corners of the world.In “Miss Lora,” Junot Díaz masterfully puts us in the mind of a teenage boy who throws ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547554834
• ASIN: 0547554834
• ISBN: 0547554834
• Brand: Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Best Little Stories from World War II: More than 100 true stories

The untold stories of bravery, triumph, and redemption in the depths of the darkest world war.Behind the great powers, global military conflict, and infamous battles are more than 100 incredible stories that bring to life the Second World War. During the six years of war were countless little-known moments of profound triumph and tragedy, bravery and cowardice, and good and evil.These amazing and unbelievable stories of brotherhood, redemption, escape, and civilian courage shed new light on the war that gripped the entire world. Experience the action through the eyes of people like:Lieutenant ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 140224357X
• UPC: 760789230868
• ASIN: 140224357X
• ISBN: 140224357X
• Brand: Brand: Cumberland House
• Manufacturer: Cumberland House

Little Worlds : A Collection of Short Stories for the Middle School

The purpose of this text was to make available a large collection of stories that are high in literary quality yet accessible to middle-school students. Its widespread acceptance in schools throughout the country attests that this anthology has indeed achieved its goal. It presents students with a variety of issues, styles, conflicts, and points of view through the stories of Maupassant, Lessing, Hemingway, Welty, Hawthorne, Porter, as well as many others.

• ASIN: 1877653527
• ASIN: 1877653527
• ISBN: 1877653527
• Brand: Wayside Publishing
• Manufacturer: Wayside Publishing

The Best American Short Stories 2016 (The Best American Series ®)

“The literary ‘Oscars’ features twenty outstanding examples of the best of the best in American short stories.” —Shelf Awareness for Readers The Best American Short Stories 2016 will be selected by Pulitzer Prize winner Junot Díaz. He brings "one of the most distinctive and magnetic voices in contemporary fiction: limber, streetwise, caffeinated and wonderfully eclectic" (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times) to the collection.  

• ASIN: 0544582896
• ASIN: 0544582896
• ISBN: 0544582896
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

The World's Best Classic Short Stories

A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories, including: 'The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe 'The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant 'The Mezzotint' by M. R. James 'The Phantom Rickshaw' by Rudyard Kipling 'The Withered Arm' by Thomas Hardy 'The Model Millionaire' by Oscar Wilde 'The Monkey's Paw' by W. W. Jacobs 'An Uncomfortable Bed' by Guy de Maupassant 'The Mortal Immortal' by Mary Shelley 'The Black Cat' by Edgar Allan Poe 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki 'The Nose' by Nicolai Gogol 'Regret' by Kate Chopin 'One Thousand Dollars' by O. Henry 'The Fly' by Katherine ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00F64VT7S
• ASIN: B00F64VT7S
• Manufacturer: Red Door Audiobooks

Best Short Stories of the Modern Age

The short-stroy form continues to be a rich and fertile vein of literary expression. Collected in this remarkable volume are twenty renowned writers of the modern age who brilliantly mastered the distinctive power and beauty of the form--each bringing his or her own unique vision to the page. This powerful collection includes the work of: Sherwood Anderson, Anton Chekov, Joseph Conrad, Shirley Jackson, D.H. Lawrence, Katherine Mansfield, Lionel Trilling, and many more.

• ASIN: 0449300587
• ASIN: 0449300587
• ISBN: 0449300587
• Manufacturer: Fawcett

Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing

Newbery Medal–winning author Avi has selected short stories from the past and present in this entertaining collection for young readers. And whether you begin by reading alone or reading aloud, these stories are some of the very best to share. Featuring loyal pets, rogue waves, ghosts who use cell phones, and young people caught up in events beyond their control, these stories are written by some of the most entertaining and esteemed authors of children’s literature. They will have you savoring a quiet moment by yourself, talking during dinnertime with your family, and laughing in class wi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0618476032
• UPC: 046442476034
• ASIN: 0618476032
• ISBN: 0618476032
• Brand: Brand: HMH Books for Young Readers
• Manufacturer: HMH Books for Young Readers

The Best American Short Stories 2011

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 2011 includes Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Jennifer ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0547242166
• ASIN: 0547242166
• ISBN: 0547242166
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

100 Years of The Best American Short Stories

An award-winning short-story writer introduces the stories she has selected from such authors as Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Alexie, Roth, Updike, Oates and more, to present a decade-by-decade examination of the literary trends captured by this series

• UPC: 45056350
• Rating: 5.0

The Best American Short Stories 2018

Best-selling, award-winning, pop culture powerhouse Roxane Gay guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country’s finest short

• UPC: 746152764

The Best American Short Stories 2005

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

• UPC: 34682001
• Rating: 3.75

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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• UPC: 21019188
• Rating: 4.25

Selected Tales and Sketches (the Best Short Stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne)

"Selected Tales and Sketches" is a collection of the best short stories of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Collected here are the following tales: The Gray Champion, Sunday at Home, The Minister's Black Veil, The May-Pole of Merry

• UPC: 6105733
• Rating: 5.0

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 American Short Stories 2009

The oldest and bestselling Best American, THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2009 will be selected by  Alice Sebold, author of the bestseller THE LOVELY

• UPC: 10976107
• Rating: 3.5

The Best American Short Stories 2017

Best-selling author Meg Wolitzer guest edits this year’s Best American Short Stories, the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short

• UPC: 55971052
• Rating: 5.0

Best Short Stories : A Dual-Language Book

Five great stories in original German with new, literal English translations on facing pages: "The Metamorphosis," "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor" and "A Report to an

• UPC: 424780
• Rating: 5.0

The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain - eBook

This unique collection of Twain’s essential short stories and semiautobiographical narratives is a testament to the author’s vast imagination. Featuring popular tales such as “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” and “The Man That Corrupted

• UPC: 466072779
• Rating: 3.0

Franklin Library, World's Greatest Writers-Theodore Dreiser (Best Short Stories)

• UPC: 324133209936
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 30 USD

World of Great Stories 115 Stories, Best of Modern Literature Hiram Haydn Fancy

• UPC: 382417694893
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 1 USD

THE WORLD'S ONE HUNDRED BEST SHORT STORIES Volume Four LOVE Grant Overton 1927

• UPC: 124144775693
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 1 USD

THE WORLD'S ONE HUNDRED BEST SHORT STORIES Volume FIVE Drama Grant Overton 1927

• UPC: 124144776346
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 1 USD

VINTAGE SET OF 8 VOLUMES "WORLD'S BEST SHORT STORIES" 1927 GRANT OVERTON

• UPC: 192873487866
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 40 USD

The World's 100 Best Short Stories Vol 6: Courage (1927 HC) Funk & Wagnalls

• UPC: 114150261115
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 39 USD

THE WORLD'S ONE HUNDRED BEST SHORT STORIES Volume FIVE Drama Grant Overton 1927

• UPC: 184243876001
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 1 USD

THE WORLD'S ONE HUNDRED BEST SHORT STORIES Volume Four LOVE Grant Overton 1927

• UPC: 174173637875
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 4 USD

Masterpieces of the World's Best Literature, V7 - Jeannette L. Gilder, ed. C2

• UPC: 184037610318
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 6 USD