9 Top short stories books like The Junkmakers by Albert Teichner

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The Junkmakers

By: Albert Teichner

4.00

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Eric was the best robot they'd ever had--perfectly trained, ever thoughtful, a joy to own. Naturall…

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Cover of My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) by P.G. Wodehouse

1. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

By: P.G. Wodehouse

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more

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  • short stories
"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"

-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)

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2. The Guardians

By: Irving E. Cox Jr.

3.81

Format: 18 pages, ebook

It's not always "The Truth shall set you free!" Sometimes it's "Want of the Truth shall drive you… read more

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  • short stories
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3. Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.32

Format: 389 pages, Paperback

In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: "Hey, you!" For Brutha the novice is the Ch… read more

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"Time is a drug. Too much of it kills you."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"Gravity is a habit that is hard to shake off."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"Thou shalt not submit thy god to market forces."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

"There’s no point in believing in things that exist."

-Terry Pratchett, Small Gods (Discworld, #13)

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4. Youth

By: Isaac Asimov

3.89

Format: 50 pages, Audiobook

Short story by Isaac Asimov. Two young boys find some very unusual new pets in this short story … read more

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  • short stories
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5. Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.15

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Mighty battles! Revolution! Death! War! (and his sons Terror and Panic, and daughter Clancy) The… read more

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"Er wollte sagen: Wie könnt ihr so nett und gleichzeitig so dumm sein?"

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

"So funktioniert die Geschichte leider nicht. Erst das Blut, dann der Verstand."

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

"Und jetzt sink auf die Knie, wenn du nicht auf andere Weise kleiner werden willst."

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

"Der Mann schien für seine Freunde mindestens ebenso gefährlich zu sein wie für seine Feinde."

-Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times (Discworld, #17; Rincewind, #5)

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6. Stories of Your Life and Others

By: Ted Chiang

4.26

Format: 281 pages, ebook

What if men built a tower from Earth to Heaven-and broke through to Heaven's other side? What if we… read more

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  • short stories
"Pragmatism avails a savior far more than aestheticism."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"I remember when you'll be a month old, and I'll stumble out of bed to give you your 2:00 a.m. feeding."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Living with you will be like aiming for a moving target; you'll always be further along than I expect."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

"Maturity means seeing the differences, but realizing they don’t matter. There’s no technological shortcut."

-Ted Chiang, Stories of Your Life and Others

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7. Moving Pictures (Discworld, #10; Industrial Revolution, #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Holy wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most impo… read more

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8. Reaper Man (Discworld, #11; Death, #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It … read more

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9. The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

By: James Fenimore Cooper

3.70

Format: 410 pages, Paperback

The wild rush of action in this classic frontier adventure story has made The Last of the Mohicans … read more

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"Is it justice to make evil, and then punish for it?"

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

"Do my brothers know the name of this favored people?"

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

"Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!"

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

"Indijanac je stvorenje što ćete ga prije osjetiti nego vidjeti."

-James Fenimore Cooper, The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)

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10. Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.12

Format: 285 pages, Hardcover

The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork... ... a huge, rambling building, where masked figures and hooded … read more

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"I AM IMPRESSED. “I have faith."

-Terry Pratchett, Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)

"You know, you're rather amusingly wrong."

-Terry Pratchett, Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)

"-Oh yes? Can you identify yourself? -Certainly. I'd know me anywhere."

-Terry Pratchett, Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)

"Ahahahahaha! Ahahahaha! Aahahaha! BEWARE!!!!! Yrs Sincerely, The Opera Ghost"

-Terry Pratchett, Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)

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11. Anansi Boys

By: Neil Gaiman

4.30

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

God is dead. Meet the kids. Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dea… read more

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12. Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.92

Format: 341 pages, Paperback

Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to h… read more

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"Seven thousand years is just one day at a time"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"The king nodded. “What are the priests doing about this?"

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Never trust a species that grins all the time. It’s up to something."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

"Her singing always cheered him up. Life seemed so much brighter when she stopped."

-Terry Pratchett, Pyramids (Discworld, #7)

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13. Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson , N.C. Wyeth

3.85

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

"For sheer storytelling delight and pure adventure, Treasure Island has never been surpassed. From … read more

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"Doctors is all swabs."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"Thems that die'll be the lucky ones."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"... Bear up until you see you're gaining."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

"We must go on, because we can't turn back."

-Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island

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14. Men at Arms (Discworld, #15; City Watch #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.50

Format: 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Young Dwarf's Dream Corporal Carrot has been promoted! He's now in charge of the new recruits gua… read more

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15. Witches Abroad (Discworld, #12; Witches #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.47

Format: 185 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Be careful what you wish for... Once upon a time there was a fairy godmother named Desiderata who h… read more

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16. Lords and Ladies (Discworld, #14; Witches #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.60

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Discworld Novel. It's a hot Midsummer Night. The crop circles are turning up everywhere-even on t… read more

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17. The Power House (Sir Edward Leithen, #1)

By: John Buchan

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

When his friend Charles Pitt-Heron vanishes mysteriously, Sir Edward Leithen is at first only mildl… read more

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18. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

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"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

19. Rocannon's World

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Paperback

Adapted & expanded from the short story "The Dowry of Angyar". A world shared by three native human… read more

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20. Sourcery (Discworld, #5; Rincewind #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When last seen, the singularly inept wizard Rincewind had fallen off the edge of the world. Now mag… read more

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21. Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.34

Format: 376 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This is where the dragons went. They lie... not dead, not asleep, but... dormant. And although the … read more

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"Life could be horrible in the wrong trouser of time."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"... a metaphor ... is like lying but more decorative."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"A good bookshop is just a genteel Black Hole that knows how to read."

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

"Perhaps the magic would last, perhaps it wouldn't. But then again, what does?"

-Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards! (Discworld, #8; City Watch, #1)

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22. Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.78

Format: 197 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. Pity he's not very good at it. All he wants is h… read more

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"Where the hell did demons live, anyway?"

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Most of history is pretty appaling, when you look hard at it. Or even not very hard."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Just erotic. Nothing kinky. It's the difference between using a feather and using a chicken."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

"Multiple exclamation marks,' he went on, shaking his head, 'are a sure sign of a diseased mind."

-Terry Pratchett, Eric (Discworld, #9; Rincewind, #4)

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23. The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.79

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta) is one of Ernest Hemin… read more

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"Never be daunted"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"I am always in love."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"Oh, darling, I've been so miserable."

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

"You'll lose it, if you talk about it"

-Ernest Hemingway, The Sun Also Rises (Fiesta)

24. Wyrd Sisters (Discworld, #6; Witches #2)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.33

Format: 75 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Kingdoms wobble, crowns topple and knives flash on the magical Discworld as the statutory three wit… read more

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25. Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

By: Terry Pratchett

4.05

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Other children get given xylophones. Susan just had to ask her grandfather to take his vest off. Ye… read more

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"We're on a mission from Glod."

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

"It's . . . it's like a legend! It has to happen!"

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

"The fastest way to travel is to be there already."

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

"The universe was bad enough without people poking it."

-Terry Pratchett, Soul Music (Discworld, #16; Death, #3)

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26. The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

By: N.K. Jemisin

3.86

Format: 437 pages, Hardcover

Five New Yorkers must come together in order to defend their city. Every city has a soul. Some … read more

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"Dread works best in complete silence."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"The world might be awful, but we don't have to like it that way."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"Home isn't where the heart is; it's wherever the wind feels right."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

"You're very optimistic for a possible serial killer. I like that about you."

-N.K. Jemisin, The City We Became (Great Cities, #1)

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27. Remote Control

By: Nnedi Okorafor

3.85

Format: 156 pages, Kindle Edition

The new book by Nebula and Hugo Award-winner, Nnedi Okorafor."She’s the adopted daughter of the Ang… read more

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  • short stories
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28. Exhalation

By: Ted Chiang

4.28

Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition

In these nine stunningly original, provocative, and poignant stories, Ted Chiang tackles some of hu… read more

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  • short stories
"The universe began as an enormous breath being held."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"I am not that air, I am the pattern that it assumed, temporarily."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"Contemplate the marvel that is existence, and rejoice that you are able to do so. I"

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

"even if a universe’s life span is calculable, the variety of life that is generated within it is not."

-Ted Chiang, Exhalation

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29. B-12's Moon Glow

By: Charles A. Stearns

3.57

Format: 16 pages, Kindle Edition

This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteer… read more

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  • short stories
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30. The Junkmakers

By: Albert Teichner

4.00

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Eric was the best robot they'd ever had--perfectly trained, ever thoughtful, a joy to own. Naturall… read more

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  • short stories
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31. Pillar of Fire

By: Ray Bradbury

3.75

Format: 48 pages, Kindle Edition

"Pillar of Fire" is classical space Sci-Fi short story written by the master of the genre, Ray Brad… read more

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  • short stories
"He came out of the earth, hating. Hate was his father; hate was his mother."

-Ray Bradbury, Pillar of Fire

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