6 Top short stories books like Edge of the World, by Souvankham Thammavongsa

Edge of the World,

By: Souvankham Thammavongsa

3.25

Format: 12 pages, ebook

The author tells of how she watched soaps and other programs with her mother during her early child…

If you liked the short stories plot in Edge of the World, by Souvankham Thammavongsa , here is a list of 6 books like this:

Cover of Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, Tim Dolin, Margaret R. Higonnet

1. Tess of the D’Urbervilles

By: Thomas Hardy , Tim Dolin , Margaret R. Higonnet

3.83

Format: 518 pages, Paperback

Alternate covers can be found here and here. When Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty t… read more

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"Bless thy simplicity, Tess"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"One thing he certainly was— sincere."

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"The roof was a gymnasium for the winds"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

"Tess was carried along the wings of the hours"

-Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles

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2. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.37

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more

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  • short stories
"Would you walk away from Omelas?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

Cover of Gaudi Afternoon (Cassandra Reilly, #1) by Barbara    Wilson

3. Gaudi Afternoon (Cassandra Reilly, #1)

By: Barbara Wilson

4.16

Format: 1342 pages,

Ben Stevens has vanished without a trace. His wife thinks he's hiding out in Barcelona, and she ask… read more

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4. Maggie: A Girl of the Streets

By: Stephen Crane

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1892 Stephen Crane (1871-1900) published Maggie, Girl of the Streetsat his own expense. Consider… read more

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  • short stories
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5. The House on Mango Street

By: Sandra Cisneros

3.31

Format: None pages,

Acclaimed by critics, beloved by readers of all ages, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schoo… read more

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  • short stories
Cover of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, Ellen Forney

6. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

By: Sherman Alexie , Ellen Forney

3.70

Format: 186 pages, Hardcover

Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the… read more

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7. Ethan Frome

By: Edith Wharton

2.00

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Ethan Frome works his unproductive farm and struggles to maintain a bearable existence with his dif… read more

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8. The Swimmer

By: John Cheever

3.56

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Neddy Merrill decides to swim home from a friend's pool party, traveling from fashionable swimming … read more

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  • short stories
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9. The Awakening

By: Kate Chopin

3.68

Format: 195 pages, Paperback

When first published in 1899, The Awakening shocked readers with its honest treatment of female mar… read more

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"The morning was full of sunlight and hope."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She had resolved to never take another step backward."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

"She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly."

-Kate Chopin, The Awakening

10. We Have Always Lived in the Castle

By: Shirley Jackson , Jonathan Lethem

4.32

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not l… read more

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11. Changing Places: A Tale of Two Campuses

By: David Lodge

3.94

Format: 313 pages,

Anyone intrigued by differences between American and British academic institutions will find this a… read more

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12. Recitatif

By: Toni Morrison

4.31

Format: 19 pages, Audiobook

A beautiful, arresting short story by Toni Morrison—the only one she ever wrote—about race and the … read more

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  • short stories
"Difficult to “move on"

-Toni Morrison, Recitatif

13. Edge of the World,

By: Souvankham Thammavongsa

3.25

Format: 12 pages, ebook

The author tells of how she watched soaps and other programs with her mother during her early child… read more

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  • short stories

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Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë , Michael Mason

4.15

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3.83

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3.89

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3.79

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