Best Short Story Novels - April 2024

The Best American Short Stories of the Century (The Best American Series ®)

Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest He... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0395843677
• UPC: 046442843676
• ASIN: 0395843677
• ISBN: 0395843677
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

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

The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain (Modern Library Classics)

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 Hadleyburg,” as well as some delightful excerpts from The Diaries of Adam and Eve, this compilation also includes darker works written in the author’s twilight years. These selections illuminate the depth of Twain’s artistry, humor, irony, and narrative genius.

• ASIN: 0812971183
• ASIN: 0812971183
• ISBN: 0812971183
• Brand: Modern Library
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

Funny Girl: Funniest. Stories. Ever.

Funny Girl is a collection of uproarious stories, rollicking comics, rib-tickling wit, and more, from 25 of today’s funniest female writers for kids. What could be funnier than family? Read stories about Ursula Brown's grandmother driving her on a road trip to disaster, Lisa Brown's little brother getting a Tic-Tac stuck up his nose, and Carmen Agra Deedy's mom setting the bathtub on fire. What could be funnier than friends? Pretty much nothing, as Rita Williams-Garcia shows two besties hatching a bird-brained scheme to get on to a TV talk show, and Deborah Underwood introduces a dynam... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0147517834
• ASIN: 0147517834
• ISBN: 0147517834
• Manufacturer: Puffin Books

Best-Loved Short Stories: Flaubert, Chekhov, Kipling, Joyce, Fitzgerald, Poe and Others (Dover Large Print Classics)

Here, in large-print format, is a selection of great tales by American and European authors. Eleven stories include F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace," Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat," Chekhov's "The Lady with the Toy Dog," and O. Henry's "The Furnished Room," in addition to works by Gustave Flaubert, Leo Tolstoy, Rudyard Kipling, James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence, and Willa Cather.This Dover edition is specially designed for those who need or prefer large print and meets the standards of the National Association for Visually Handicapped.

• ASIN: 0486433625
• UPC: 800759433629
• ASIN: 0486433625
• ISBN: 0486433625
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

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

"Fans of such notables as C.J. Box, Peter Straub, and Joyce Carol Oates chiefly known for their novels will be pleased to see how well they write at shorter length."--Publishers Weekly “Some people might tell you that crime short stories, unlike the more precious kind, are a kind of fictional ghetto, full of cardboard characters and clichéd situations. Not true. These stories are remarkably free of bullshit—al­though there’s always a little, just to grease the wheels,” writes guest editor John Sandford in his introduction. From an isolated Wyoming ranch to the Detroit boxing underwor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544949080
• ASIN: 0544949080
• ISBN: 0544949080
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Best American Paper

Novel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019: The Most Trusted Guide to Getting Published

THE BEST RESOURCE FOR GETTING YOUR FICTION PUBLISHEDNovel & Short Story Writer's Market 2019 is the only resource you need to get your short stories, novellas, and novels published. The 38th edition of NSSWM features hundreds of updated listings for book publishers, literary agents, fiction publications, contests, and more. Each listing includes contact information, submission guidelines, and other essential tips.Novel & Short Story Writer's Market also offers valuable advice to elevate your fiction:Break down the anatomy of a great short story.Learn how to create an antagonistic setting and i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1440354375
• UPC: 035313670787
• ASIN: 1440354375
• ISBN: 9781440354373
• Brand: Writer's Digest Books
• Manufacturer: Writer's Digest Books

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 Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition

THE ONLY COMPLETE COLLECTION BY THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR In this definitive collection of Ernest Hemingway's short stories, readers will delight in the author's most beloved classics such as "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," "Hills Like White Elephants," and "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place," and will discover seven new tales published for the first time in this collection. For Hemingway fans The Complete Short Stories is an invaluable treasury.

• ASIN: 0684843323
• ASIN: 0684843323
• ISBN: 9780684843322
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 (The Best American Series ®)

In his introduction, guest editor James Patterson observes, “I often hear people lamenting the state of Hollywood . . . If that’s the case, I’ve got one thing to say: read these short stories. You can thank me later.” Patterson has collected a batch of stories that have the sharp tension, drama, and visceral emotion of an Oscar-worthy Hollywood production. Spanning the extremes of human behavior, The Best American Mystery Stories 2015 features characters that must make desperate choices: an imaginative bank-robbing couple, a vengeful high school shooter, a lovesick heiress who will ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0544526759
• ASIN: 0544526759
• ISBN: 9780544526754
• Brand: Mariner Books
• Manufacturer: Mariner Books

Edith Wharton Anniversary Collection: Her Best Novels and Short Stories

Edith Wharton Anniversary Collection contains her best novels, including "The Age of Innocence" and "Ethan Frome". This collection also contains her best short stories, including The Duchess at Prayer and The Moving Finger. This special collection is printed in a reader-friendly font size.

• ASIN: 1453779027
• ASIN: 1453779027
• ISBN: 1453779027
• Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Modern Library)

This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky's key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic White Nights, an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous Notes from the Underground, a story of guilt, ineffectiveness, and uncompromising cynicism, and the first major work of existential literature. Among Dostoevsky's prototypical characters is Yemelyan in The Honest Thief, whose tra... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375756884
• ASIN: 0375756884
• ISBN: 0375756884
• Brand: Modern Library
• Manufacturer: Modern Library

Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

The shorter works of one of the world's greatest writers, including The Gambler and Notes from UndergroundThe short works of Dostoevsky exist in the very large shadow of his astonishing longer novels, but they too are among literature's most revered works. The Gambler chronicles Dostoevsky's own addiction, which he eventually overcame. Many have argued that Notes from Underground contains several keys to understanding the themes of the longer novels, such as Crime and Punishment and The Idiot.Great Short Works of Fyodor Dostoevsky includes:Notes from UndergroundThe GamblerA Disgraceful AffairT... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0060726466
• ASIN: 0060726466
• ISBN: 0060726466
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

NieR:Automata: Long Story Short

Experience the world and characters of the hit video game franchise!When alien forces invade with an army of Machines, the remnants of humanity must depend on Androids of their own design—the placid 2B and the excitable 9S—to survive. From: Pod 042 To: Fans of NieR:Automata Recommendation: The action to finish reading this novel. [ref & NieR:Automata—Short Story Long] Response: A novel is a story that used to be told by humans. Question: The definition of the word “interesting”? Answer: A possible definition is that the ability to continue reading this novel makes it “interesting... [Read More]

• ASIN: 197470162X
• ASIN: 197470162X
• ISBN: 197470162X
• Manufacturer: VIZ Media LLC

Great Short Stories by African-American Writers (Dover Thrift Editions)

Offering diverse perspectives on the black experience, this anthology of short fiction spotlights works by influential African-American authors. Nearly 30 outstanding stories include tales by W. E. B. Du Bois, Zora Neale Hurston, Claude McKay, and Jamaica Kincaid. From the turn of the twentieth century come Alice Ruth Moore's "A Carnival Jangle," Charles W. Chesnutt's "Uncle Wellington’s Wives," and Paul Laurence Dunbar's "The Scapegoat." Other stories include "Becky" by Jean Toomer; "Afternoon" by Ralph Ellison; Langston Hughes's "Feet Live Their Own Life"; and "Jesus Christ in Texas" by W.... [Read More]

• ASIN: 048647139X
• UPC: 800759471393
• ASIN: 048647139X
• ISBN: 9780486471396
• Brand: Blaisdell, Bob (EDT)
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

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

A Wanted Man (with bonus short story Not a Drill) : A Jack Reacher Novel

Reacher is back in a masterpiece of suspense from #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Child. As the tension rises, the twists come fast and furious, keeping readers guessing and gasping until the explosive finale. Now

• UPC: 24180212
• Rating: 4.143

Agatha Christie: Best Reading Order for All Novels and Short Stories With Summaries & Checklist - eBook

Agatha Christie - Best Reading Order for All Novels and Short Stories With Summaries & Checklist.Includes all novels and short stories listed in best reading order as recommended by Agatha Christie, Ltd. The perfect companion

• UPC: 777492482

Last to Die (with bonus short story John Doe) : A Rizzoli & Isles Novel

Rizzoli & Isles - Hit series on TNT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today."--The Providence Journal For the second time in his short life, fourteen-year-old Teddy Clock

• UPC: 24598086
• Rating: 4.167

Make Me (with bonus short story Small Wars) : A Jack Reacher Novel

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, AND SUSPENSE MAGAZINE - Stephen King calls Jack Reacher "the coolest continuing series character"--and

• UPC: 49744209
• Rating: 3.933

The Columbus Affair: A Novel (with bonus short story The Admiral's Mark)

Many questions about Christopher Columbus exist. Berry delivers an exciting novel that challenges the notions about the discovery of America in a story of mysterious strangers, sabotage, and a dangerous international game. Available in a

• UPC: 21156356
• Rating: 3.357

The City (with bonus short story The Neighbor) : A Novel

A gifted musician relates the events of 1967 that impacted his family and friends, from his indomitable "piano man" grandfather and struggling singer single mother to the everyday saints and sinners who shaped his

• UPC: 42486587
• Rating: 3.5

The Jefferson Key (with bonus short story The Devil's Gold) : A Novel

Four presidents of the United States have been assassinated--in 1865, 1881, 1901, and 1963--each murder seemingly unrelated. But what if those presidents were all killed for the shocking same reason: a clause contained in the

• UPC: 17025323
• Color: Gold
• Size: One Size
• Rating: 3.564

The Silent Girl (with bonus short story Freaks) : A Rizzoli & Isles Novel

Includes short story Freaks (p.

• UPC: 17761825
• Rating: 3.941

8 FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY CRIME BEST STORIES BROTHERS SHORT NOVELS IDIOT MUSKETEERS

• UPC: 362752608798
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 19 USD

Compact 1929 The World's Fifty Best Short Novels Volume 7 : Six Short Stories

• UPC: 254506099079
• Category: Antiquarian & Collectible
• Price: 1 USD

Short Stories of Robert Louis Stevensonwith a Selection of the Best Short Novels

• UPC: 143495520658
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 13 USD

The best of H.E. Bates Novels Short Stories 1980 Hardcover Dust Jacket Like New

• UPC: 392388879802
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 32 USD

Houghton M Novel Best American Short Stories 1999, The - Selected from SC Fair

• UPC: 362841475756
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 5 USD

Great German short novels and stories (The modern library of the worlds best boo

• UPC: 273986747090
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 2 USD

Best of H.E.Bates: A Selection of Novels and Short Stories, Bates

• UPC: 333039955792
• Category: Nonfiction
• Price: 12 USD

Thomas Masson 1923 Edition Best Short Stories SIGNED BY AUTHOR

• UPC: 402075508509
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 8 USD

The Essential Agatha Christie Stories: Agatha Christies Best Short Sleuths Crack

• UPC: 184025731367
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 33 USD

Ideals The Best of Guideposts book Collection of short stories from the Magazine

• UPC: 283673688132
• Category: Fiction & Literature
• Price: 12 USD