5 Best short stories books like Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71) by Steven Polansky

Cover of Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71) by Steven Polansky

Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71)

By: Steven Polansky

3.80

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

"'Leg' opened up a path for me," writes author J. Robert Lennon in his introduction to this issue o…

If you liked the short stories plot in Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71) by Steven Polansky , here is a list of 5 books like this:

Cover of Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, Jay Rubin

1. Norwegian Wood

By: Haruki Murakami , Jay Rubin

4.01

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

Toru, a quiet and preternaturally serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a be… read more

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  • fiction
"I wonder what ants do on rainy days?"

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"We're all kind of weird and twisted and drowning."

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"I’ve never once thought about how I was going to die,"

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

"Don't feel sorry for yourself. Only assholes do that."

-Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood

Cover of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

2. Their Eyes Were Watching God

By: Zora Neale Hurston

4.43

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

When Janie, at sixteen, is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries … read more

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  • fiction

3. A Country Doctor

By: Franz Kafka , Kevin Blahut , None

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Written during the winter of 1916-17 when Kafka was living in one of the tiny houses on Golden Lane… read more

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4. The Year of Magical Thinking

By: Joan Didion

4.44

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

'An act of consummate literary bravery, a writer known for her clarity allowing us to watch her min… read more

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5. Convenience Store Woman

By: Sayaka Murata

3.69

Format: 163 pages, Hardcover

The English-language debut of one of Japan's most talented contemporary writers, selling over 650,0… read more

Similar categories in Sayaka Murata's Convenience Store Woman book and Steven Polansky's Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71)

  • fiction
"A convenience store is a world of sound."

-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

"People who are considered normal enjoy putting those who aren't on trial, you know."

-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

"Anyone who devotes their life to fighting society in order to be free must be pretty sincere about suffering."

-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

"Well, I guess anyone who devotes their life to fighting society in order to be free must be pretty sincere about suffering."

-Sayaka Murata, Convenience Store Woman

Cover of Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

6. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

By: Haruki Murakami

3.87

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

A mesmerising mystery story about friendship from the internationally bestselling author of Norwegi… read more

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  • fiction
"Don’t let the bad elves get you."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Every person has their own colour."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"The heart apparently doesn’t stop that easily."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

"Cell phones are so convenient that they're an inconvenience."

-Haruki Murakami, Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

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7. Good People

By: David Foster Wallace

3.84

Format: 16 pages, None

First published in print in the New Yorker Magazine on February 5, 2007, “Good People” by David Fos… read more

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  • short stories
"What it really felt like was a taste of the reality of what might be meant by Hell. Lane Dean had never believed in Hell as a lake of fire or a loving God consigning folks to a burning lake of fire—h…"

-David Foster Wallace, Good People

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8. The Masculine Principle

By: Frank O'Connor

3.30

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
Cover of Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71) by Steven Polansky

9. Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71)

By: Steven Polansky

3.80

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

"'Leg' opened up a path for me," writes author J. Robert Lennon in his introduction to this issue o… read more

Similar categories in Steven Polansky's Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71) book and Steven Polansky's Leg (Electric Literature's Recommended Reading Book 71)

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of Omakase by Weike Wang

10. Omakase

By: Weike Wang

4.23

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

11. The Itch

By: Don DeLillo

3.41

Format: 28 pages, None

Also available as a podcast audiobook. Please search for "Joy Williams Reads Don DeLillo" read more

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  • short stories

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Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

4.35

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Yiyun Li

3.75

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Marie-Helene Bertino

4.15

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