21 best-selling classics books like A Service of Love by O. Henry

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A Service of Love

By: O. Henry

3.80

Format: None pages, None

Delia and Jim are poor, but newly married and in love. They both want to be great in Art, but don’t…

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1. Heart of a Dog

By: Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg , Michail Bulgakov

4.10

Format: 123 pages, Paperback

This satirical novel tells the story of the surgical transformation of a dog into a man, and is an … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"A dog's spirit dies hard."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"One can find time for everything if one is never in a hurry."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"Why bother to learn to read when you can smell meat a mile away?"

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

"İki ayağını bir pabuca sokmayan herkes, her şey için zaman bulabilir."

-Mikhail Bulgakov, Heart of a Dog

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2. The Intoxicated

By: Shirley Jackson

2.98

Format: 11 pages, Kindle Edition

A terrifying short story from Shirley Jackson, the master of the macabre tale.Shirley Jackson's chi… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • american
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3. Маруся Чурай. Історичний роман у віршах

By: Lina Kostenko , Ліна Костенко

4.32

Format: 187 pages, Unknown Binding

Istorychnyy roman u virshakh «Marusya Churay» vyznachnoyi ukrayinsʹkoyi poetesy Liny Kostenko — ody… read more

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  • classics
"Колись нащадки будуть одмивати оцю печаль од крові і глупот, бо можновладці - тяжко винуваті. А що зробив народові народ?"

-Lina Kostenko, Маруся Чурай. Історичний роман у віршах

"Дійшли до чого, сваримося навзаєм! ніяк не можем рішення прийнять. То треба знать, чого іще не знаєм. То знаєм те, чого не треба знать."

-Lina Kostenko, Маруся Чурай. Історичний роман у віршах

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4. Taras Bulba

By: Nikolai Gogol , David George Hogarth

3.72

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

Nicolas Gogol (1809-1852) "« Voyons, tourne-toi. Dieu, que tu es drôle ! Qu’est-ce que cette r… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"I brought you into this world. It is on me to take it away."

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

"Our country is the one our soul longs for, the one which is dearest of all to us. My country is—you! That is my native land, and I bear that country in my heart."

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

"It does not need much wisdom to utter words of reproof; but much wisdom is needed to find such words as do not embitter a man's misfortune, but encourage him, restore to him his spirit, put spurs to …"

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

"Ukrayna'nın benim yurdum olduğunu kim söylüyor? Kim, ne adına orayı bana yurt olarak vermiş? Ruhumu okşayan, beni sevgiyle kucaklayan her yer ya da her şey benim yurdumdur. Benim yurdum, varlığım her…"

-Nikolai Gogol, Taras Bulba

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5. Tao Te Ching

By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe

4.30

Format: 107 pages, Paperback

A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more

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  • classics
"The heart that gives, gathers."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."

-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching

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6. 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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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"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

"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

"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

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7. Oblomov

By: Ivan Goncharov , Stephen Pearl , Galya Diment

4.12

Format: 586 pages, Paperback

Even though Ivan Goncharov wrote several books that were widely read and discussed during his lifet… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Now or never. To be or not to be!"

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"Love was life's hardest school of all."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"You have a lunatic before you who has been infected by passion."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

"The common herd of "burghers", those cattle, complete with horns, who turn millstones with their bare hands."

-Ivan Goncharov, Oblomov

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8. The Cop And The Anthem

By: O. Henry , Mark Bucci , O'Henry

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

When all of Soapy's efforts to get himself arrested fail, overhearing a hymn at a nearby church cau… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • american
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9. Murder at the Vicarage (Miss Marple, #1)

By: Agatha Christie

4.18

Format: 306 pages, Hardcover

Murder at the Vicaragemarks the debut of Agatha Christie's unflappable and much beloved female dete… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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10. Difficult Loves

By: Italo Calvino

3.71

Format: 656 pages, Paperback

Tales of love and loneliness in which the author blends reality and illusion. "The quirkiness and g… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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11. The Nose

By: Nikolai Gogol , Ronald Wilks

4.62

Format: None pages, Paperback

'Strangely enough, I mistook it for a gentleman at first. Fortunately I had my spectacles with me s… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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12. The Model Millionaire

By: Oscar Wilde

3.80

Format: 245 pages, Paperback

First published in The Worldin June 1887. Hughie Erskine is in love and wants to marry, but the gir… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
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13. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

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14. The Fire Next Time

By: James Baldwin

3.54

Format: None pages, Paperback

A national bestseller when it first appeared in 1963, The Fire Next Timegalvanized the nation and g… read more

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  • classics
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15. A Rose for Emily and Other Stories

By: William Faulkner

4.20

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

Faulkner's most famous, most popular, and most anthologized short story, "A Rose for Emily" evokes … read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • american
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16. Peter Pan

By: J.M. Barrie , Michael Hague

4.06

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

One starry night, Peter Pan and Tinker Bell lead the three Darling children over the rooftops of Lo… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"To die will be an awfully big adventure."

-J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

"To live will be an awfully big adventure."

-J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

"Second star to the right and straight on 'til morning. "

-J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

"All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust."

-J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

17. The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.22

Format: 402 pages, Hardcover

The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stori… read more

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18. The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more

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19. Happy Endings

By: Margaret Atwood

4.12

Format: 440 pages, ebook

Atwood's short story includes six different stories, labeled A to F, which each quickly summarize t… read more

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20. A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

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21. The Tao of Pooh

By: Benjamin Hoff , Ernest H. Shepard

4.01

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Wisdom of Pooh. Is there such thing as a Western Taoist? Benjamin Hoff says there is, and th… read more

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  • classics
"I think, therefore I am... confused."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"If people were Superior to Animals, they'd take better care of the world"

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"The wise are who they are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

"No matter how useful we may be, sometimes it takes us a while to recognize our own value."

-Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh

22. Oh, The Places You'll Go!

By: Dr. Seuss

4.33

Format: 57 pages, Hardcover

In this joyous ode to life, Dr. Seuss addresses graduates of all ages, from nursery school to medic… read more

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23. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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24. The Lady of Shalott

By: Alfred Tennyson , Charles Keeping

3.59

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The Lady of Shalott is the third book in Visions in Poetry, an award-winning series of classic poem… read more

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25. The Library of Babel

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley , Erik Desmazieres

4.35

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Jorge Luis Borges's famous 1941 meditation on language, alphabets, and the library that contains al… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"O Time thy pyramids."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

"The Library is a sphere whose exact centre is any one of its hexagons and whose circumference is inaccessible."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

"If honor and wisdom and happiness are not for me, let them be for others. Let heaven exist, though my place be in hell."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

"The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

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26. The Monkey's Paw

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

27. The Bhagavad Gita

By: Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa , Juan Mascaró , None

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

The Bhagavad Gitais an intensely spiritual work that forms the cornerstone of the Hindu faith, and … read more

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28. Sea of Strangers

By: Lang Leav

3.68

Format: 215 pages, Paperback

Sea of Strangers  by Lang Leav picks up from her previous international bestselling books including… read more

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  • romance
"The distance from you is measured in how far I've come."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

"I will celebrate this life of mine, with or without you."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

"love is a dormant volcano, lying in wait, biding its time."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

"I am already nostalgic for what we have, even with you still here."

-Lang Leav, Sea of Strangers

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29. The Pole

By: J.M. Coetzee

3.69

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

A psychologically probing, compulsively readable novel about dogged love and the unpredictability o… read more

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  • romance
  • fiction
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30. Everything Is OK

By: Debbie Tung

4.31

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From the bestselling author of Quiet Girl in a Noisy World comes a gently humorous and poignant col… read more

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31. A Service of Love

By: O. Henry

3.80

Format: None pages, None

Delia and Jim are poor, but newly married and in love. They both want to be great in Art, but don’t… read more

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  • romance
  • classics
  • american
  • short stories
  • fiction

18 Top fiction books like A Service of Love by O. Henry

Transform Your Habits

Heart of a Dog

Mikhail Bulgakov , Mirra Ginsburg , Michail Bulgakov

4.10

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The Intoxicated

Shirley Jackson

2.98

Transform Your Habits

Taras Bulba

Nikolai Gogol , David George Hogarth

3.72

Transform Your Habits

The Overcoat

Nikolai Gogol

4.15

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The Chaos of Longing

K.Y. Robinson

4.16

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Depression & Other Magic Tricks

Sabrina Benaim

4.27

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Dirty Pretty Things

Michael Faudet

4.25

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Lang Leav

3.68

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