17 best-selling short stories books like The Lady on the Grey by John Collier

The Lady on the Grey

By: John Collier

3.60

Format: None pages, None

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

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Cover of Et In Sempiternum Pereant by Charles  Williams

1. Et In Sempiternum Pereant

By: Charles Williams

3.53

Format: 7 pages, ebook

First published in 1986, "Et in Sempiternum Pereant" is a short story by British writer Charles W. … read more

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

2. 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
Cover of The Tattooer by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka, Kevin Blahut, None, Helen Vlcnovska

6. A Hunger Artist

By: Franz Kafka , Kevin Blahut , None , Helen Vlcnovska

3.74

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The last book published during Kafka's lifetime, A Hunger Artist(1924) explores many of the themes … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

7. The Bottle Imp

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

2.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Offering an engrossing spin on a time-honored theme--the risky business of making a pact with the d… read more

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8. The Door in the Wall

By: H.G. Wells

4.06

Format: 368 pages,

The Door in the Wall, considered by both readers and critics, to be Wells's finest tale, examines a… read more

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9. The Eyes

By: Edith Wharton

3.40

Format: None pages,

Phil, my dear boy, really -- what's the matter? Why don't you answer? Have you seen the eyes?' Fren… read more

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10. Lady into Fox

By: Paul Collins , David Garnett

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

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11. 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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12. 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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13. Peter og Rosa

By: Karen Blixen

3.89

Format: None pages,

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14. The Rocking Horse Winner

By: D.H. Lawrence

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Unknown Binding

The Rocking-Horse Winner" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. The story describes a young middle-cl… read more

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15. 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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16. 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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17. 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

18. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

4.18

Format: 411 pages, Hardcover

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19. 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 Primeiras Estórias by João Guimarães Rosa

20. Primeiras Estórias

By: João Guimarães Rosa

4.31

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Contos em que sobressaem os costumes e a linguagem das gentes de Minas Gerais. read more

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  • fiction
"Se ninguém entende ninguém, e ninguém nunca entenderá nada, jamis; esta é a prática verdade."

-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias

"Sou o culpado do que nem sei, de dor em aberto, no meu foro. Soubesse - se as coisas fossem outras."

-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias

"Ah, o tempo é o mágico de todas as traições... E os próprios olhos, de cada um de nós, padecem viciação de origem, defeitos com que cresceram e a que se afizeram mais e mais."

-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias

"Eles se disseram, assim eles dois, coisas grandes em palavras pequenas, ti a mim, me a ti, e tanto. Contudo, e felizes, alguma outra coisa se agitava neles, confusa - assim rosa-amor-espinhos-saudade."

-João Guimarães Rosa, Primeiras Estórias

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

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

23. John Duffy's Brother

By: Flann O'Brien

3.68

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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

24. 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

25. Of a Promise Kept

By: Lafcadio Hearn

3.33

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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26. Held

By: Anne Michaels

3.66

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A breathtaking and mysterious new novel from the beloved Anne Michaels, internationally bestselling… read more

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  • fiction
"Who can say what happens when we are remembered?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Do we really need our own misery to teach us to be kind?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"We know life is finite. Why should we believe death lasts forever?"

-Anne Michaels, Held

"Would he know the moment of his death or would it be like night falling."

-Anne Michaels, Held

Cover of El brujo Postergado by Juan    Manuel

27. El brujo Postergado

By: Juan Manuel

3.79

Format: None pages, None

El brujo postergado (El brujo postergado) es un relato fantástico del escritor medieval español Don… read more

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  • short stories

28. 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

29. Certain Distant Suns

By: Joanne Greenburg

3.67

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories

30. The Friends

By: Silvina Ocampo

3.38

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
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31. On Something

By: Hilaire Belloc

3.63

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was cond… read more

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Transform Your Habits

Casa tomada [Cuento]

Julio Cortázar , Juan Fresan

3.95

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The Tattooer

Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

3.63

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A Haunted House and Other Short Stories

Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar

Edgar Allan Poe

2.83

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The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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Lamb to the Slaughter

Roald Dahl

3.84

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William Hope Hodgson

3.47

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