20 best-selling short stories books like El hombre muerto by Horacio Quiroga

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El hombre muerto

By: Horacio Quiroga

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

El hombre muerto es un cuento de Horacio Quiroga en el que asistimos a la agónica lucha de su prota…

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Cover of The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe

1. The Premature Burial

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.76

Format: 32 pages,

The Premature Burial is a horror classic written by Edgar Allan Poe. This is a horror short story o… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

"There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

"I looked; and the unseen figure, which still grasped me by the wrist, bad caused to be thrown open the graves of all mankind; and from each issued the faint phosphoric radiance of decay; so that I co…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

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2. Axolotl

By: Julio Cortázar

4.15

Format: 7 pages, None

"They looked and knew. That laid the claim. They were not animals." read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"Above all else, their eyes obsessed me. In the standing tanks on either side of them, different fishes showed me the simple stupidity of their handsome eyes so similar to our own. The eyes of the axo…"

-Julio Cortázar, Axolotl

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3. The Raven

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré

4.29

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"Quoth the raven nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven

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4. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

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5. 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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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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6. The Oval Portrait

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.94

Format: None pages,

In this story of artistic obsession, a wounded man finds shelter in an abandoned chteau in the Appe… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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7. Berenice

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Bereniceis a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The tale is centered on the death of a young gi… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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8. The Black Cat

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

Format: 300 pages,

"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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9. Los arboles caídos también son el bosque

By: Alejandra Kamiya

3.23

Format: 403 pages, Paperback

La estructura de estos cuentos es una cuidada cadena de precision: nada de lo que la autora escribe… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
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10. La familia de Pascual Duarte

By: Camilo José Cela , Alan Hoyle

4.20

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Family of Pascual Duarte is the story of Pascual Duarte--a Spanish peasant born into a brutal w… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • fiction

11. The Circular Ruins

By: George Guidall , Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

3.77

Format: 134 pages, Audiobook

"The Circular Ruins"/"Las ruinas circulares") first published in the literary journal Sur in Decemb… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2) by Sophocles, Eamon Grennan, Rachel Kitzinger

12. Oedipus at Colonus (The Theban Plays, #2)

By: Sophocles , Eamon Grennan , Rachel Kitzinger

3.53

Format: 39 pages, Paperback

The latest title to join the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, Sophocles' Oedipus… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction

13. La noche boca arriba

By: Julio Cortázar

3.93

Format: 10 pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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14. Continuidad de los parques

By: Julio Cortázar

4.31

Format: None pages, ebook

Cuento "Continuidad de los parques" de Julio Cortázar, renombrado ejemplo de metaficción literaria.… read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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15. La muerte y la brújula

By: Jorge Luis Borges

3.71

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Integran este volumen nueve cuentos que Jorge Luis Borges reviso y corrigio para su publicacion en … read more

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  • spanish literature
  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction

16. Innocent Erendira and Other Stories

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The stories are rich and startling in their matter and confident in their manner....They are--the … read more

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17. Ligeia

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.51

Format: 235 pages,

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

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18. Lejana

By: Julio Cortázar

2.88

Format: None pages, ebook

Cuento "Lejana" de Julio Cortazar, originalmente incluido en el libro Bestiario en 1951. read more

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19. Aura

By: Carlos Fuentes

3.82

Format: 118 pages, Paperback

Felipe Montero is employed in the house of an aged widow to edit her deceased husband's memoirs. Th… read more

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"Hay que morir antes de renacer."

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

"También el demonio fue un ángel, antes…"

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

"Hay un momento en el que ya no es posible distinguir el paso de los años."

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

"La soledad es necesaria para alcanzar la santidad. Se han olvidado de que en la soledad la tentación es más grande."

-Carlos Fuentes, Aura

20. Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

By: Charles Perrault , Marcia Brown

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slippe… read more

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21. Eleonora

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.46

Format: 170 pages,

Eleonorais a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia in the literar… read more

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22. El Aleph

By: Jorge Luis Borges

4.29

Format: 16 pages, ebook

Cuento "El Aleph", de Jorge Luis Borges, originalmente publicado en el libro El Aleph, en 1949. read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"La segunda, que un famoso poeta es menos inventor que descubridor."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

"Dilatar la vida de los hombres era dilatar su agonía y multiplicar el numero de sus muertes."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

"Un hombre se confunde, gradualmente, con la forma de su destino; un hombre es, a la larga, sus circunstancias."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

"I am not certain whether I ever believed in the City of the Immortals; I think the task of finding it was enough for me."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

23. El milagro secreto

By: Jorge Luis Borges

3.85

Format: 238 pages, ebook

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24. El árbol

By: María Luisa Bombal , Alejandra Acosta

4.26

Format: None pages,

Los protagonistas de esta historia son una joven mujer, su marido mayor y un gomero. Brigida vive c… read more

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25. La casa de Asterión

By: Jorge Luis Borges

4.29

Format: 3 pages, ebook

Cuento "La casa de Asterión", de Jorge Luis Borges, originalmente publicado en el libro El Aleph, e… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Since then my loneliness does not pain me, because I know my redeemer lives and he will finally rise above the dust."

-Jorge Luis Borges, La casa de Asterión

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26. Mouthful of Birds

By: Samanta Schweblin

3.73

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major international literary star. Unearth… read more

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  • short stories
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27. ¿No oyes ladrar los perros?

By: Juan Rulfo

4.02

Format: 3 pages, None

Un padre lleva a su hijo en hombros para que lo atienda un médico. Por el camino se revela la amarg… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
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28. El hombre muerto

By: Horacio Quiroga

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

El hombre muerto es un cuento de Horacio Quiroga en el que asistimos a la agónica lucha de su prota… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Las babas del diablo [Cuento] by Julio Cortázar

29. Las babas del diablo [Cuento]

By: Julio Cortázar

3.91

Format: 24 pages, None

Cuento de Julio Cortázar originalmente publicado en el libro de cuentos "Las armas secretas." read more

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  • classics
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30. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Book Set #1-8

By: Jeff Kinney

4.27

Format: None pages, Hardcover

8 books of wimpy kid series read more

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23 best-selling fiction books like El hombre muerto by Horacio Quiroga

Transform Your Habits

The Premature Burial

Edgar Allan Poe

3.76

Transform Your Habits

Axolotl

Julio Cortázar

4.15

Transform Your Habits

The Raven

Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré

4.29

Transform Your Habits

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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8 Best fiction books like The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe

Transform Your Habits

The Premature Burial

Edgar Allan Poe

3.76

Transform Your Habits

The Beast in the Cave

H.P. Lovecraft

3.43

Transform Your Habits

The Picture in the House

H.P. Lovecraft

3.50

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Old Bugs

H.P. Lovecraft

2.82

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