8 best-selling short stories books like New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction by James Thomas

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New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

By: James Thomas

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An addictive new collection of very short stories curated by Flash Fiction editor James Thomas and …

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1. The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

By: Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta

4.50

Format: 114 pages, Paperback

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry … read more

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  • fiction
"The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"The women who love women wrote a song for the faggots. It was called, "Anything you do that the men don't like is o.k. by us."

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

"Nothing can defeat the spirit of the earth. The fairies know that the earth will not tolerate the men much longer. The earth, scarred and gouged and stripped and bombed, will deny life to the men in …"

-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

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2. The End We Start From

By: Megan Hunter

4.12

Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition

In the midst of a mysterious environmental crisis, as London is submerged below flood waters, a wom… read more

Similar categories in Megan Hunter's The End We Start From book and James Thomas's New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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3. Aliss at the Fire

By: Jon Fosse , Damion Searls

3.99

Format: 380 pages, Paperback

In her old house by the fjord, Signe lies on a bench and sees a vision of herself as she was more t… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
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4. The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

By: Malka Ann Older

3.64

Format: 169 pages, Hardcover

The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set … read more

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  • fiction
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5. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. A Living Remedy: A Memoir

By: Nicole Chung

4.01

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A searing memoir of family, class and grief—a daughter’s search to understand the lives her adoptiv… read more

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"How do you learn to cherish yourself, your life, when grief has made it unrecognizable? I am starting to feel that we do so not by trying to fill a void that can never be filled but by living as best…"

-Nicole Chung, A Living Remedy: A Memoir

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7. I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

By: Lorrie Moore

3.31

Format: 193 pages, Hardcover

Lorrie Moore's first novel since A Gate at the Stairs--a daring, meditative exploration of love and… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"I've become. An object of dismay. I guess."

-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

"Do I jar you?" he asks with his sly charm. "No," I say. “I am braced at every turn for disenchantment."

-Lorrie Moore, I Am Homeless If This Is Not My Home

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8. Roman Stories

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
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9. A Shining

By: Jon Fosse

3.49

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

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10. I Must Be Dreaming

By: Roz Chast

3.65

Format: 118 pages, Hardcover

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrativ… read more

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11. The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

By: Ross Gay

4.28

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Delights and Inciting Joy is back with a new c… read more

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  • short stories
"I've completed another year of delights. Or maybe I should say another year of delights has completed me."

-Ross Gay, The Book of (More) Delights: Essays

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12. So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

By: Claire Keegan

3.99

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Librarian's Note: This is the entry for the short story collection. Please don't combine it with th… read more

Similar categories in Claire Keegan's So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men book and James Thomas's New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

  • literary fiction
  • short stories
  • fiction
"You know what is at the heart of misogyny? When it comes down to it?’ ‘So I’m a misogynist now?’ ‘It’s simply about not giving,’ she said."

-Claire Keegan, So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men

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13. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

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14. Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

By: Melissa Febos

4.24

Format: 171 pages, Paperback

Memoir meets craft masterclass in this “daring, honest, psychologically insightful” exploration of … read more

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"Writing is a form of freedom more accessible than many"

-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

"...The more we believe we ought to be something that we are not, the more money we will spend in that mission."

-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

"Every single thing I have created worth a damn has been a practice of love, healing, and redemption. I know this process to be divine."

-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

"I have found that a fulfilling writing life is one in which the creative process merges with the other necessary processes of good living, which only the individual can define."

-Melissa Febos, Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative

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15. Pretend I'm Dead

By: Jen Beagin

3.69

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Miranda July meets Mary Karr in this brilliant debut novel from Jen Beagin, Whiting Award winner an… read more

Similar categories in Jen Beagin's Pretend I'm Dead book and James Thomas's New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

  • literary fiction
  • fiction
"You respect me?" Sheila asked, surprised. "As a person?" "No, as a pigeon."

-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead

"She smiled. It was rare for her to find someone attractive physically and also to like what came out of their mouth."

-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead

"He was one of the fortunate ones. He'd emerged from childhood a whole person and his past wasn't some vast immovable mass with its own weather system."

-Jen Beagin, Pretend I'm Dead

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16. Our Strangers: Stories

By: Lydia Davis

3.92

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

Only available at independent bookstores and libraries, by request of the author. From one of the m… read more

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  • literary fiction
  • flash fiction
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
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17. Your Utopia

By: Bora Chung

3.65

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

By the internationally acclaimed author of Cursed Bunny, in another thrilling translation from the … read more

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  • fiction
  • short stories
  • anthologies
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18. The Book of Love

By: Kelly Link

3.50

Format: 628 pages, Hardcover

The Book of Love showcases Kelly Link at the height of her powers, channeling potent magic and attu… read more

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  • fiction
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19. New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

By: James Thomas

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An addictive new collection of very short stories curated by Flash Fiction editor James Thomas and … read more

Similar categories in James Thomas's New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction book and James Thomas's New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

  • literary fiction
  • flash fiction
  • anthologies
  • short stories
  • fiction
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20. The Men Can't Be Saved

By: Ben Purkert

3.16

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

A knockout debut novel that tackles a haunting question: What do our jobs do to our souls? Seth is … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of One-Bowl Meals: Simple, Nourishing, Delicious by Maria Zizka

21. One-Bowl Meals: Simple, Nourishing, Delicious

By: Maria Zizka

3.38

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Inspired Combinations for the Way We Love to Eat Whether for breakfast, lunch, or dinner, and comp… read more

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15 best-selling fiction books like New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction by James Thomas

Transform Your Habits

The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta

4.50

Transform Your Habits

The End We Start From

Megan Hunter

4.12

Transform Your Habits

Aliss at the Fire

Jon Fosse , Damion Searls

3.99

Transform Your Habits

The Mimicking of Known Successes (The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti, #1)

Malka Ann Older

3.64

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15 best-selling audiobook books like Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos

Transform Your Habits

The Art of Memoir

Mary Karr

4.56

Transform Your Habits

Splinters

Leslie Jamison

3.86

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Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Claire Dederer

3.79

Transform Your Habits

Grief Is for People

Sloane Crosley

3.91

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