Merry Christmas
By: Stephen Leacock
3.14
Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio
The First World War has left the world in agony. Disillusionment, hopelessness, and horror are rife…
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1. A Christmas Dream
By: Louisa May Alcott
3.41
Format: 55 pages, Hardcover, illustrated
Ten-year-old Effie lives the life most children dream of—with every day filled with delicious treat… read more
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- classics
- christmas
- short stories
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- fantasy
2. An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving
By: Louisa May Alcott , James Bernardin
3.81
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Thanksgiving morning is here, and the Bassett family's cozy kitchen is filled with the hustle and b… read more
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- christmas
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
3. The Night Before Christmas
By: Clement Clarke Moore , Jan Brett
4.39
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
This poem first appeared in a newspaper in Troy, New York, USA, on December 23, 1823, as "A Visit F… read more
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- classics
- christmas
- short stories
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"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse."-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas
"Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be t…"-Clement Clarke Moore, The Night Before Christmas
4. The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
By: Arthur Machen
3.69
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
"I will not read it; I should never sleep again" A doctor performs an experiment on a young wom… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
"There was something about Herbert which shocked him inexpressibly; not his poor rags nor the marks which poverty had set upon his face, but rather a indefinite terror which hung about him like a mist."-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"Villiers, that woman, if I can call her a woman, corrupted my soul. The night of the wedding I found myself sitting in her bedroom in the hotel, listening to her talk. She was sitting up in bed, and …"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"Clarke, in the deep folds of dream, was conscious that the path from his father’s house had led him into an undiscovered country, and he was wondering at the strangeness of it all, when suddenly, in …"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneat…"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
5. The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
By: L. Frank Baum
3.81
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
Every child knows about Santa Claus, the jolly man who brings gifts to all on Christmas. There are … read more
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- christmas
- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
6. The Story of an Hour
By: Kate Chopin
4.07
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
In these four stories, Kate Chopin subtly captures the intricate interior lives of a generation of … read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
"Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she had thought with a shudder that life might be…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
"there would be no powerful will binding hers in that blind persistence with which men and women believe they have a right to impose a private will upon a fellow creature…And yet she had loved him- so…"-Kate Chopin, The Story of an Hour
7. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street
By: Karina Yan Glaser
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The Vanderbeekers have always lived in the brownstone on 141st Street. It's practically another mem… read more
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- christmas
- fiction
8. The Dragonbone Chair (Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, #1)
By: Tad Williams
3.91
Format: 192 pages,
With The Dragonbone Chair, Tad Williams introduced readers to the incredible fantasy world of Osten… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
9. Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls
By: Scott Snyder , Greg Capullo , Jonathan Glapion
4.33
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
After a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, Batman begins to realize that perhaps these cri… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Alfred Pennyworth. Caretaker, Wayne Estate. Access Level: Highest."-Scott Snyder, Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls
"When circumstances are challenging or frightening, asking ourselves what our city "is" is pointless. Because all we will see when we look around at the buildings and streets, will be our own fears, o…"-Scott Snyder, Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls
10. A Christmas Tree
By: Charles Dickens
3.67
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A Christmas Tree is perhaps best described as Dickens's "other" Christmas story, this is an elderly… read more
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- christmas
- classics
- short stories
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- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
12. The Crow
By: James O'Barr
4.01
Format: 217 pages, Paperback
Eric has returned from the dead, driven only by hate and the need to wreak revenge on those who kil… read more
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14. A Kidnapped Santa Claus
By: L. Frank Baum
3.12
Format: None pages,
After failing to tempt him to their own vices, Santa is kidnapped from the Laughing Valley by the f… read more
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15. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
By: Ambrose Bierce
3.50
Format: 262 pages, ebook
The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more
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16. The Fir Tree
By: Hans Christian Andersen , Nancy Ekholm Burkert , None
4.03
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot a… read more
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17. Dracula's Guest
By: Bram Stoker
4.36
Format: 39 pages,
A passage from the manuscript of Dracula. read more
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18. A Good Man Is Hard To Find
By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals
3.96
Format: 433 pages, Paperback
A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more
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19. The Gift of the Magi
By: O. Henry , Lisbeth Zwerger
4.11
Format: 26 pages, Hardcover
O. Henry's classic tale of the wisest gifts of Christmas is itself a gift to share and treasure. … read more
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- christmas
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
"Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl."-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with snif…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
"Единственное, что тут можно было сделать, это хлопнуться на старенькую кушетку и зареветь. Именно так Делла и поступила. Откуда напрашивается философский вывод, что жизнь состоит из слез, вздохов и у…"-O. Henry, The Gift of the Magi
20. Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
By: Alice Munro
3.66
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In the her tenth collection (the title story of which is the basis for the new film Hateship Lovesh… read more
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21. Christmas at Red Butte
By: L.M. Montgomery , Joanne Panettieri
3.92
Format: None pages,
A delightful tale of a Christmas sacrifice by renouned storyteller Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of … read more
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22. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.82
Format: 38 pages, Paperback
".. Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in "Graham's Magazine" in 1841.… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
"The mental features discoursed of as the analytical, are, in themselves, but little susceptible of analysis."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
"I was deeply interested in the little family history which he detailed to me with all that candor which a Frenchman indulges whenever mere self is the theme."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
"There are very few persons who have not, at some period of their lives, amused themselves in retracing the steps by which particular conclusions of their own minds have been attained."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
"You will say, no doubt, using the language of the law, that 'to make out my case,' I should rather undervalue, than insist upon a full estimation of the activity required in this matter. This may be …"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
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24. The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
By: Alex Trebek
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An alternate cover edition of this book, with ISBN 978198215799, can be found here. Longtime Jeo… read more
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"Keep your head up. Move forward. Keep going."-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
"Courage is a conscious decision. You do it in a dangerous situation, when you have a choice."-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
"There is nothing worse than deluding yourself and trying to make yourself out to be somebody you're not--somebody you're not comfortable being."-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
"I just enjoy the moment I’m in. For me, life is a whole experience, not just a series of isolated moments. It’s like submerging yourself into a warm bath rather than sticking your toe under the fauce…"-Alex Trebek, The Answer Is…: Reflections on My Life
25. Under an Outlaw Moon
By: Dietrich Kalteis
3.30
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He’s reckless, she’s naive. Longing for freedom fr… read more
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26. The Lady with the Little Dog
By: Anton Chekhov
3.72
Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) may have suffered an untimely death, but he squeezed the most out of his … read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
"Anna Sergeevna e lui si amavano come due esseri molto vicini, affini, come marito e moglie, come se il destino li avesse destinati l'uno all'altra e non capivano perché li aveva fatti sposare con alt…"-Anton Chekhov, The Lady with the Little Dog
27. A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
By: Mark Dawidziak
3.62
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A biography of Edgar Allan Poe that examines the renowned author’s life through the prism of his my… read more
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- classics
"I have great faith in fools--self-confidence my friends will call it.' -- EDGAR ALLAN POE"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
"The glow of the fireside poets failed to warm a world coping with the cold realities of a new century. Their light faded as we became less sure of comforting messages and more intrigued by Poe's trou…"-Mark Dawidziak, A Mystery of Mysteries: The Death and Life of Edgar Allan Poe
28. The Paper Menagerie
By: Ken Liu
4.58
Format: 32 pages, ebook
Ken Liu's incredible story "Paper Menagerie" just became the first work of fiction to win all three… read more
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- fantasy
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"She told me about American men who wanted Asian wives. If I can cook, clean, and take care of my American husband, he'll give me a good life. It was the only hope I had. And that was how I got into t…"-Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie
29. Buried Treasure
By: O. Henry
3.08
Format: None pages, None
"Buried Treasure" is a story about rivalry and love, greed and trust, friends and enemies. Jim and … read more
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30. A Stolen Christmas
By: Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
3.29
Format: 16 pages, Kindle Edition
The moral in this particular tale is about materialism and envy; apparently as relevant to Christma… read more
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- classics
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31. Merry Christmas
By: Stephen Leacock
3.14
Format: 1 pages, Audible Audio
The First World War has left the world in agony. Disillusionment, hopelessness, and horror are rife… read more
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