24 must-read short stories books like A Scent of Mimosa by Francis King

A Scent of Mimosa

By: Francis King

3.76

Format: None pages, None

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Cover of A Small, Good Thing by Raymond Carver

1. A Small, Good Thing

By: Raymond Carver

4.01

Format: 30 pages,

A Small, Good Thing is an award winning short story by American author Raymond Carver. It was inclu… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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2. The Signalman

By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Hallow! Below there!"

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

Cover of Casa tomada [Cuento] by Julio Cortázar, Juan Fresan

3. Casa tomada [Cuento]

By: Julio Cortázar , Juan Fresan

3.95

Format: 5 pages, ebook

Cuento "Casa tomada" de Julio Cortázar, originalmente incluido en el libro Bestiario en 1951. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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4. Araby

By: James Joyce

3.65

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

A short story from James Joyce's Dubliners. The unnamed protagonist in "Araby" is a boy who is just… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"My body was like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires."

-James Joyce, Araby

"What innumerable follies laid waste my waking and sleeping thoughts after that evening! I wished to annihilate the tedious intervening days. I chafed against the work of school. At night in my bedroo…"

-James Joyce, Araby

Cover of The Tattooer by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

5. The Tattooer

By: Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

3.63

Format: 353 pages,

The Tattooer is the first publish work by Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the major authors in the moder… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of A Haunted House and Other Short Stories by Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf

6. A Haunted House and Other Short Stories

By: Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf

3.64

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

The stories found in A Haunted Housereflect Virginia Woolf's experimental writing style and act as … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar by Edgar Allan Poe

7. The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

By: Edgar Allan Poe

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Paperback

Suspense, fear and the supernatural provide the center for this tale by the master prose writer. In… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of La Mujer Alta / The Tall Woman - Bilingual Spanish-English Edition / Edición bilingüe español-inglés by Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Tatiana Zelenska, Igor Kogan, None

8. La Mujer Alta / The Tall Woman - Bilingual Spanish-English Edition / Edición bilingüe español-inglés

By: Pedro Antonio de Alarcón , Tatiana Zelenska , Igor Kogan , None

3.00

Format: 144 pages,

Read the short story by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon as an enhanced dual language ebook. Tap on the und… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of A School Story by M.R. James

9. A School Story

By: M.R. James

4.60

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • short stories
  • fiction

10. The Playground

By: Ray Bradbury

3.78

Format: 584 pages,

"The Playground" was part of the first hardcover edition of Ray Bradbury's legendary work Fahrenhei… read more

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11. Lady into Fox

By: Paul Collins , David Garnett

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

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12. How Love Came to Professor Guildea

By: None

3.48

Format: 241 pages,

Robert Smythe Hichens (1864-1950) was an English journalist and novelist. He wrote lyrics for music… read more

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13. مورچه‌ی آرژانتینی

By: Italo Calvino , شهریار وقفی‌پور

3.23

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

sh dstn mwrchhy arjntyny, mhdwd w nZr, bh nw`y bz tbndhy ngh nychhy khlwynw bh mnsbt nsny w nfrt w … read more

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14. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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15. Comment Wang Fô Fut Sauvé

By: Marguerite Yourcenar

4.20

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

Voici l'histoire d'un vieux peintre chinois tres pauvre du nom de Wang-Fo. Il a un pouvoir magique … read more

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16. The Monkey's Paw

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

17. The Sick Gentleman's Last Visit

By: Giovanni Papini

3.94

Format: None pages, ebook

"– I am but a figure in a dream." read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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18. Frritt-Flacc

By: Jules Verne

3.30

Format: None pages, None

Frritt-Flacc est une nouvelle fantastique de Jules Verne. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Split Second and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

19. Split Second and Other Stories

By: Daphne du Maurier

3.88

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Lord Mountdrago by W. Somerset Maugham

20. Lord Mountdrago

By: W. Somerset Maugham

3.66

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Book by Maugham, W. Somerset read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of A Man by the Name of Ziegler by Hermann Hesse

21. A Man by the Name of Ziegler

By: Hermann Hesse

3.67

Format: 10 pages, Kindle Edition

Springtime in the mountains. Graceful slopes and frowning precipices robed in darkest green of heml… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

22. Father's Last Escape

By: Bruno Schulz

3.39

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
  • fiction

23. John Duffy's Brother

By: Flann O'Brien

3.68

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
  • fiction

24. Death and the Gardener

By: Jean Cocteau

3.57

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of 25 Ağustos 1983 ve Diğer Öyküler by Jorge Luis Borges

25. 25 Ağustos 1983 ve Diğer Öyküler

By: Jorge Luis Borges

3.98

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

"Yüz otuz yaşına, ötesinde yaşamın artık bir yüke dönüştüğü yaşa kadar seni hayatta tutmalarını dil… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

26. Of a Promise Kept

By: Lafcadio Hearn

3.33

Format: None pages, None

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27. A Scent of Mimosa

By: Francis King

3.76

Format: None pages, None

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  • fiction
Cover of The Mysteries of the Joy Rio by Tennessee Williams

28. The Mysteries of the Joy Rio

By: Tennessee Williams

3.44

Format: None pages, None

"Sometimes you will find it and other times you won’t find it and the times you don’t find it are t… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Clocks and watches he ficed with marvelous delicacy and precision, but he paid no attention to them; he had grown as obliviously accustomed to their many small noises as someone grows to the sound of…"

-Tennessee Williams, The Mysteries of the Joy Rio

"A single watch or clock can be a powerful influence on a man, but when a man lives among as many watches and clocks as crowded the tiny, dim shop of Mr Gonzales, some lagging behind, some skipping ah…"

-Tennessee Williams, The Mysteries of the Joy Rio

29. An Injustice Revealed

By: Anonymous

3.33

Format: None pages, None

“An Injustice Revealed” by Anonymous is a short story from 6th century China. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

30. The Lady on the Grey

By: John Collier

3.60

Format: None pages, None

A short story from a "creator of very wayward miniatures." read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

31. Insomnia

By: Virgilio Piñera

2.28

Format: None pages, None

Virgilio Piñera era un escrito cubano. En el Insomnio es uno de sus mini cuentos. Relata la histori… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

24 Top fiction books like A Scent of Mimosa by Francis King

Transform Your Habits

A Small, Good Thing

Raymond Carver

4.01

Transform Your Habits

The Signalman

Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

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Casa tomada [Cuento]

Julio Cortázar , Juan Fresan

3.95

Transform Your Habits

Araby

James Joyce

3.65

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10 Best horror books like The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs

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The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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The Black Cat

Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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Lamb to the Slaughter

Roald Dahl

3.84

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The Voice in the Night

William Hope Hodgson

3.47

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