8 best-selling short stories books like La señora del perrito y otros cuentos by Anton Chekhov

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La señora del perrito y otros cuentos

By: Anton Chekhov

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Maestro indiscutible del dificil genero del cuento, ANTON CHEJOV (1860-1904) extrajo la materia nar…

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1. Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)

By: John Fante

4.10

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

"Mean, moody, disturbing and intensely atmospheric.” —The Times John Fante's first published nov… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"A fellow can't be so bad if he loves a girl as good as you."

-John Fante, Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)

"Speak to me, Rosa. Look this way just once, over here Rosa, where I am watching."

-John Fante, Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)

"Arturo Bandini was pretty sure that he wouldn't go to hell when he died. The way to hell was the committing of mortal sin. He had committed many, he believed, but the confessional had saved him. He a…"

-John Fante, Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)

"    Breakfast was ready. He could hear his father asking for coffee. Why did his father have to yell all the time? Couldn't he talk in a low voice? Everybody in the neighborhood knew everything that …"

-John Fante, Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)

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2. El árbol de la ciencia

By: Pío Baroja

3.67

Format: 255 pages, Paperback

Publicada en 1911, El árbol de la ciencia (para el propio Pío Baroja «el libro más acabado y comple… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"En España, lo que se paga no es el trabajo, sino la sumisión."

-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia

"Respecto de la justicia, yo creo que lo justo en el fondo es lo que nos conviene."

-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia

"Sin duda no los juilaban por sus influencias y por esa simpatía y respeto que ha habido siempre en España por lo inútil."

-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia

"El instinto de conservación del cuerpo social es bastante fuerte para rechazar todo lo que no puede digerir. Por muchos gérmenes que se siembren, la descomposición de la sociedad será biológica."

-Pío Baroja, El árbol de la ciencia

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3. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage gho… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"Watson: "You may be right." Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

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4. Cronopios and Famas

By: Julio Cortázar , Paul Blackburn

4.39

Format: 280 pages, Paperback

"The Instruction Manual," the first chapter, is an absurd assortment of tasks and items dissected i… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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5. Strange Pilgrims

By: Gabriel García Márquez

2.00

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

In Barcelona, an aging Brazilian prostitute trains her dog to weep at the grave she has chosen for … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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6. The Beautiful and Damned

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald , Monty

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damnedfollowed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This S… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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7. The Death of Ivan Ilych

By: Leo Tolstoy , Aylmer Maude

4.13

Format: 86 pages, Paperback

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of I… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"If you look for the working classes in fiction, and especially English fiction, all you find is a hole."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"And the further he departed from childhood and the nearer he came to the present the more worthless and doubtful were the joys."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"In the depths of his heart he knew that he was dying but, so far from growing used to the idea, he simply did not and could not grasp it."

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

"It can't be that life is so senseless and horrible. But if it really has been so horrible and senseless, why must I die and die in agony? There is something wrong!"

-Leo Tolstoy, The Death of Ivan Ilych

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8. The Baron in the Trees

By: Italo Calvino , Archibald Colquhoun , Ana Goldstein

4.02

Format: 217 pages, Paperback

A landmark new translation of a Calvino classic, a whimsical, spirited novel that imagines a life l… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Why d’you make me suffer?" “Because I love you."

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

"Mais je fais une chose tout à fait bonne: je vis dans les arbres"

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

"No puede haber amor si no se es uno mismo con todas sus fuerzas."

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

"Chi vuole guardare bene la terra deve tenersi alla distanza necessaria."

-Italo Calvino, The Baron in the Trees

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9. A Universal History of Iniquity

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley

3.59

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

In his writing, Borges always combined high seriousness with a wicked sense of fun. Here he reveals… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction

10. Las armas secretas

By: Julio Cortázar

3.49

Format: 182 pages, Paperback

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11. La casa de Bernarda Alba

By: Federico García Lorca , None , None

4.06

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Focus Student Editions are designed for Spanish language courses in literature and culture. Pre… read more

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12. The Gospel According to Jesus Christ

By: José Saramago

3.63

Format: 256 pages, Unknown Binding

This is a skeptic' s journey into the meaning of God and of human existence. At once an ironic rend… read more

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13. La música de Erich Zann

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.00

Format: 16 pages, ebook

"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December … read more

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14. I racconti di Pietroburgo

By: Nikolai Gogol , Pietro Zveteremich

4.02

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nei racconti del ciclo pietroburghese la capitale (che all'ucraino Gogol appare come una citta non … read more

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15. The Gambler

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Constance Garnett , Gary Saul Morson

3.91

Format: 188 pages, Paperback

In this dark and compelling short novel, Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young t… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Quien teme al lobo no se mete en el bosque."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"يجب ان يظل المال دون الأستقراطي، حتى لكأن الأستقراطي لا يكاد يحفل به أو يقلق له"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"En toda situación es posible comportarse con dignidad. Si hay lucha, que sea noble y no humillante."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

"I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

16. La lluvia amarilla

By: Julio Llamazares

5.00

Format: 299 pages,

La lluvia amarilla es el monologo del ultimo habitante de un pueblo abandonado del Pirineo aragones… read more

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17. Los pacientes del doctor García

By: Almudena Grandes

3.66

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Tras la victoria de Franco, el doctor Guillermo Garcia Medina sigue viviendo en Madrid bajo una ide… read more

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18. The Temple

By: Stephen Spender

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The story behind this novel by one of twentieth-century Britain's greatest poets and men of letters… read more

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19. The Jungle Book

By: Rudyard Kipling

3.90

Format: 277 pages, Paperback

'There is no harm in a man's cub.' Best known for the 'Mowgli' stories, Rudyard Kipling's The Ju… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"Mark my trail..."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

"Each dog barks in its own yard."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

"It is better to lie quiet in the mud than to be disturbed on good bedding."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

"Go, and peace go with thee. Only, another time do not meddle with my game."

-Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

20. Territorio comanche

By: Arturo Pérez-Reverte

3.26

Format: 32 pages,

Dos corresponsales de TVE cubren las Guerras Yugoslavas. Marquez y Barles aguardan a pocos metros d… read more

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21. Las edades de Lulú

By: Almudena Grandes

3.62

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

Sumida todavia en los temores de una infancia carente de afecto, Lulu, una nina de quince anos, suc… read more

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22. Moby-Dick or, The Whale

By: Herman Melville , Tom Quirk , Andrew Delbanco

3.55

Format: 720 pages, Paperback

"It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Call me Ishmael."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Ignorance is the parent of fear."

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

"Speak, thou vast and venerable head,"

-Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

23. The Guest Cat

By: Takashi Hiraide , Eric Selland

2.60

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

A bestseller in France and winner of Japan's Kiyama Shohei Literary Award, The Guest Cat, by the ac… read more

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24. A Frozen Woman

By: Annie Ernaux

4.16

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A Frozen Woman charts Ernaux's teenage awakening, a… read more

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  • fiction
"Old equals plain equals lonely."

-Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

"So, what are you up to, where are you going on your vacation, that's a cute dress--no one knows what to talk about with an unmarried girl. Whereas a husband, children, an apartment, a washing machine…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

"Menstruation, making love, that had to come, but getting married? Everything that I've just experienced seems like all those things that are neither deliberately willed nor firmly rejected, and are t…"

-Annie Ernaux, A Frozen Woman

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25. Roman Stories

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.80

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Rome—metropolis and monument, suspended between past and future, multi-faceted and metaphysical—is … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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26. Poeta chileno

By: Alejandro Zambra

4.39

Format: 421 pages, Paperback

En Santiago de Chile, a principios de los años noventa del pasado siglo, dos quinceañeros, Gonzalo … read more

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  • fiction
"fumar rabiosamente y aguantar las lágrimas, lo que no era fácil, porque fumar y llorar son actividades complementarias"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"Decir que eso la felicidad: nunca sentir que sería mejor estar en otra parte, nunca sentir que sería mejor ser alguien más. Otra persona. Alguien más joven, más viejo. Alguien mejor."

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"El padre señala con sutileza y autoridad la forma correcta de patear la pelota, porque el padre sabe de esas cosas. El padre se deja ganar, porque para ser un buen padre hay que dejarse ganar. Ser pa…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

"It is better to write than not to write. Poetry is subversive because it exposes you, tears you apart. You dare to distrust yourself. You dare to disobey. That's the idea, to disobey everyone. Disobe…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Poeta chileno

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27. La ladrona de huesos

By: Manel Loureiro

3.81

Format: 504 pages, Paperback

Tras ser víctima de un salvaje atentado, Laura pierde completamente la memoria. Solo el cariño de C… read more

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  • fiction
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28. Tema libre

By: Alejandro Zambra

3.99

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Tema libre agrega un impensado capítulo a la celebrada obra de Alejandro Zambra, un autor a estas a… read more

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  • short stories
"Hoy más que nunca el escritor es alguien que construye sentido juntando pedazos. Cortando, pegando y borrando."

-Alejandro Zambra, Tema libre

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29. The Early Growth of European Economy

By: Georges Duby

3.89

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

s/t: Warriors and Peasants from the Seventh to the Twelfth Centuries read more

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30. La señora del perrito y otros cuentos

By: Anton Chekhov

3.94

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

Maestro indiscutible del dificil genero del cuento, ANTON CHEJOV (1860-1904) extrajo la materia nar… read more

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  • classics
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18 Top fiction books like La señora del perrito y otros cuentos by Anton Chekhov

Transform Your Habits

Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)

John Fante

4.10

Transform Your Habits

El árbol de la ciencia

Pío Baroja

3.67

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None

Transform Your Habits

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

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23 must-read classics books like The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling

Transform Your Habits

Robinson Crusoe

Virginia Woolf , Daniel Defoe , Gerald McCann

3.68

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The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame , Gillian Avery

4.02

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The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Howard Pyle

4.07

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Pinocchio

John Boyne , Unknown , Monteiro Lobato , Carlo Collodi

3.85

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