Extra
By: Yiyun Li
3.84
Format: None pages, None
A short story from A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, about Granny Lin, a fifty-one year old Chines…
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1. Play It As It Lays
By: Joan Didion , David Thomson
3.92
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
A ruthless dissection of American life in the late 1960s, Play It as It Lays captures the mood of a… read more
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"The letter is still in my makeup box but I am careful not to read it unless I am drunk"-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"Carter and Helene still believe in cause-effect. Carter and Helene also believe that people are either sane or insane."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"Carter and Helene still ask questions. I used to ask questions, and I got the answer: nothing. The answer is “nothing."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
"She could remember it all but none of it seemed to come to anything. She had a sense the dream had ended and she had slept on."-Joan Didion, Play It As It Lays
2. Schoolgirl
By: Osamu Dazai , Allison Markin Powell , Adam L. Kern , None
4.02
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Osamu Dazai's 1939 novella depicts a day in the life of a Tokyo schoolgirl. Propelling Dazai into t… read more
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"I yearned for everything long gone."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Sometimes happiness arrives one night too late."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Mornings are grey. Always the same. Absolutely empty."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
"Good night. I'm Cinderella without her prince. Do you know where to find me in Tokyo? You won't see me again."-Osamu Dazai, Schoolgirl
3. Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.12
Format: 466 pages, Paperback
'Nothing That Meets the Eye' confirms Patricia Highsmith as a great American writer. If only Pat… read more
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"Life is a long failure of understanding, a long, mistaken shutting of the heart."-Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
"Once a person has become detached from his possessions, his customary duties, his moments of solitude, where is he? What is he?"-Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
"Outside, under the marquee of the hotel, he stood a moment as he did each night beneath the marquee of the Hotel Hyperion, while he decided what direction to take, what to do. And suddenly, realizing…"-Patricia Highsmith, Nothing That Meets the Eye: The Uncollected Stories of Patricia Highsmith
4. The Overcoat
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.15
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg st… read more
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"In the department of...but it would be better not to say in which department."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"وخلت بطرسبرغ من أكاكيڤيتش وكأنما لم يكن موجودًا فيها أبدًا، اختفى وغاب ذلك المخلوق الذي لم يكن له من يحميه، والذي لم يكن عزيزًا على أحد ولا شيقًا بالنسبة لأحد."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Moreover, he had a peculiar knack, as he walked along the street, of arriving beneath a window just as all sorts of rubbish were being flung out of it: hence he always bore about on his hat scraps of…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey
3.95
Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more
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"My soul is in the sky."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Farewell, sweet playfellow."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Methought I was enamour'd of an ass."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
6. The Storm
By: Kate Chopin
3.61
Format: 4 pages,
"The Storm" is a short story by the American writer Kate Chopin, written in 1898. It did not appear… read more
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7. A Heart So White
By: Javier Marías , Margaret Jull Costa
4.02
Format: 280 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover of this ISBN can be found here. Javier Marías's A Heart So White chronicles w… read more
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"No es fácil saber por qué se mata la gente, ni los más próximos, todo el mundo está trastornado, todo el mundo las pasa putas, a veces sin causa y casi siempre en secreto, la gente vuelve cara contra…"-Javier Marías, A Heart So White
"Listening is the most dangerous thing of all, listening means knowing, finding out about something and knowing what’s going on, our ears don’t have lids that can instinctively close against the words…"-Javier Marías, A Heart So White
"Casi todo el mundo se avergüenza de su juventud, no es muy cierto que se añore como se dice, más bien se relega o rehúye y con facilidad o esfuerzo se confina el origen a la esfera de los malos sueño…"-Javier Marías, A Heart So White
"I have a tendency to want to understand everything people say and everything I hear, both at work and outside, even at a distance, even if it’s one of the innumerable languages I don’t know, even if …"-Javier Marías, A Heart So White
8. 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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9. The Frog Prince
By: Robert Coover , Melinda Beck
4.25
Format: 159 pages, ebook
At first, it was great. Sure. It always is. She cuddled a frog, wishing for more, and--presto! A ha… read more
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10. The School
By: Donald Barthelme , Steven Polansky
3.79
Format: 128 pages,
When I knew him, Barthelme was in his early forties. He died in 1989, at the age of 58. "The School… read more
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11. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories
By: Joyce Carol Oates
3.69
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost… read more
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12. 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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13. A Village After Dark
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.86
Format: None pages, ebook
Short Story: "A Village After Dark" (The New Yorker, 2001) read more
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14. The Garden Party
By: Katherine Mansfield
3.62
Format: None pages, ebook
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge… read more
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15. Le Réfectoire un soir et une piscine sous la pluie
By: Yōko Ogawa , None
4.33
Format: 700 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Quelque temps avant son mariage, une jeune femme rencontre un enfant et son pere, qu'elle retrouve … read more
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16. 2666
By: Roberto Bolaño
4.21
Format: 1128 pages, Paperback
A cuatro profesores de literatura, Pelletier, Morini, Espinoza y Norton, los une su fascinación por… read more
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"Nothing is ever behind us."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Reading is never a waste of time."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"Every hundred feet the world changes"-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
"The sky, at sunset, looked like a carnivorous flower."-Roberto Bolaño, 2666
17. The Blind Assassin
By: Margaret Atwood
5.00
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
Margaret Atwood takes the art of storytelling to new heights in a dazzling novel that unfolds layer… read more
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18. Dry September
By: William Faulkner
3.18
Format: 159 pages,
Published in 1931, the story describes a lynch mob forming (despite ambiguous evidence) on a hot Se… read more
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19. The Use of Force
By: William Carlos Williams
4.00
Format: 231 pages,
The Use of Force" is a short story by the American author William Carlos Williams first published 1… read more
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20. The Cask of Amontillado
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.08
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more
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"For the love of God, Montresor!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
21. 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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22. Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1)
By: Neil Gaiman , Mike Dringenberg , Malcolm Jones III , Sam Kieth , Todd Klein , None
4.25
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman's transcendent series SANDMAN is often hailed as the… read more
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"I am hope."-Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1)
"You get what anybody gets - you get a lifetime."-Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1)
"I think I’ll dismember the world and then I’ll dance in the wreckage."-Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1)
"Some things are too big to be seen; some emotions too huge to be felt."-Neil Gaiman, Preludes & Nocturnes (The Sandman, #1)
23. 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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"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
24. Grand Union
By: Zadie Smith
3.26
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling collection of short fiction, more than half of which have never been published before, f… read more
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"See what you've done there is you've transformed an act of the perpetrator into another person's being. I said, You don't say to a witch: the reason they're dunking you is because you're a witch. You…"-Zadie Smith, Grand Union
25. The Distance of the Moon
By: Italo Calvino
3.86
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
'Time is a catastrophe, perpetual and irreversible.' Science and fiction interweave delightfully… read more
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"To explode or to implode – said Qfwfq – that is the question: whether 'tis nobler in the mind to expand one's energies in space without restraint, or to crush them into a dense inner concentration."-Italo Calvino, The Distance of the Moon
"My return was sweet, my home refound, but my thoughts were filled only with grief at having lost her, and my eyes gazed at the Moon, for ever beyond my reach, as I sought her. And I saw her. She was …"-Italo Calvino, The Distance of the Moon
26. The Masculine Principle
By: Frank O'Connor
3.30
Format: None pages, None
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28. In These Islands
By: Shirley Hazzard
3.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
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29. Extra
By: Yiyun Li
3.84
Format: None pages, None
A short story from A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, about Granny Lin, a fifty-one year old Chines… read more
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31. Naked Ladies
By: Antonya Nelson
3.89
Format: None pages, podcast
Laura Laughlin, 17, and her family attended the annual Easter frolic of the Houses, the family her … read more
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