18 Best short stories books like The Freshest Boy by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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The Freshest Boy

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.52

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Freshest Boy" is a short story by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published …

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1. The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (C. Auguste Dupin, #2)

By: Edgar Allan Poe

2.97

Format: 49 pages, ebook

".. Marie Roget" is often subtitled "A Sequel to The Murders in the Rue Morgue." It is a short stor… read more

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"Разумът търси пътя към истината чрез поставяне на очебийното над обичайното."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (C. Auguste Dupin, #2)

"Целта на нашите вестници е по-скоро да правят сензации, отколкото да помагат за откриване на истината."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (C. Auguste Dupin, #2)

"Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (C. Auguste Dupin, #2)

"..bear in mind that, in general, it is the object of our newspapers rather to create a sensation-to make a point-than to further the cause of truth." Dupin in "The Mystery of Marie Roget"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (C. Auguste Dupin, #2)

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2. Wakefield

By: Nathaniel Hawthorne , Hélène Frappat

3.64

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Parti un soir de chez lui en prétextant un voyage, monsieur Wakefield ne revint que vingt ans plus … read more

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3. The Old Nurse's Story

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.64

Format: 53 pages, Paperback

Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands upo… read more

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"You know, my dears, that your mother was an orphan, and an only child; and I dare say you have heard that your grandfather was a clergyman up in Westmoreland, where I come from."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, The Old Nurse's Story

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4. The Dead

By: James Joyce

3.99

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve … read more

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"Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past."

-James Joyce, The Dead

"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"

-James Joyce, The Dead

"In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: 'Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"

-James Joyce, The Dead

"Escuchando esta noche los nombres de esos grandes cantantes del pasado me pa­reció, debo confesarlo, que vivimos en época menos espaciosa. Aquéllos se pueden llamar, sin exageración, días espaciosos:…"

-James Joyce, The Dead

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5. A Rose for Emily

By: William Faulkner

3.83

Format: 36 pages, Paperback

Emily is a member of a family in the antebellum Southern aristocracy; after the Civil War, the fami… read more

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"So the next day we all said, “She will kill herself"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"She died in one of the downstairs rooms, in a heavy walnut bed with a curtain, her gray head propped on a pillow yellow and moldy with age and lack of sunlight."

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"When the Negro opened the blinds of one window, they could see that the leather was cracked; and when they sat down, a faint dust rose sluggishly about their thighs, spinning with slow motes in the s…"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

"We did not say she was crazy then. We believed she had to do that. We remembered all the young men her father had driven away, and we knew that with nothing left, she would have to cling to that whic…"

-William Faulkner, A Rose for Emily

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6. 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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"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

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7. The Signalman

By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more

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"Hallow! Below there!"

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

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8. 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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"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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9. Away from Her

By: Alice Munro , Sarah Polley

3.66

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE(r) IN LITERATURE 2013 Alice Munro has long been heralded for her penetrat… read more

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10. The Blind Man

By: D.H. Lawrence

3.91

Format: 360 pages,

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11. Bartleby the Scrivener

By: Herman Melville

3.93

Format: 80 pages, Paperback

Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more

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"I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."

-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener

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12. The Heaven of Animals: Stories

By: David James Poissant

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Named one of Amazon's Best Short Story Collections of 2014 One of Atlanta Journal Constitution's 9 … read more

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13. Double Indemnity

By: James M. Cain

4.06

Format: 115 pages, Paperback

Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, o… read more

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"I loved her like a rabbit loves a rattlesnake"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman."

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"They've committed a *murder*! And it's not like taking a trolley ride together where they can get off at different stops. They're stuck with each other and they got to ride all the way to the end of …"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

"There's a shark. Following the ship.' I tried not to look, but couldn't help it. I saw a flash of dirty white down in the green. We walked back to the deck chairs. Walter, we'll have to wait. Till th…"

-James M. Cain, Double Indemnity

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14. The Postman Always Rings Twice

By: James M. Cain

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Cain's first novel - the subject of an obscenity trial in Boston and the inspiration for Camus's Th… read more

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15. Nine Stories

By: J.D. Salinger

3.67

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948) "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" (1948) "Just Before the War wi… read more

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16. Kew Gardens

By: Virginia Woolf

3.51

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In 1927, at The Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf produced and published a limited edition of what was … read more

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17. Gone with the Wind

By: Margaret Mitchell

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Gone with the Windis a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. The story is se… read more

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18. For Whom the Bell Tolls

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.76

Format: 180 pages, Paperback

Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found  In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Sp… read more

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19. The Country Husband

By: John Cheever

3.92

Format: 358 pages,

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20. The Purloined Letter

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Format: 468 pages, Library Binding

The Purloined Letter" is a short story by American author Edgar Allan Poe. It is the third of his t… read more

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21. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

By: Flannery O'Connor , Frederick Asals

3.96

Format: 433 pages, Paperback

A Good Man Is Hard to Findis Flannery O'Connor's most famous and most discussed story. O'Connor her… read more

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22. Tuya

By: Claudia Piñeiro

3.76

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Un corazón dibujado con rouge, cruzado por un “te quiero” y firmado “Tuya”, le revela a Inés que su… read more

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"Yo sé bastante de mecánica, pero él no sabe que sé, porque ocuparse de los autos es una tarea de los hombres, y como decía mi mamá, el día que cambiás un cuerito, sonaste, porque ya creen que sos plo…"

-Claudia Piñeiro, Tuya

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23. 呪術廻戦 1 [Jujutsu Kaisen 1]

By: Gege Akutami

4.52

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

類稀な身体能力を持つ高校生・虎杖悠仁は、病床に伏せる祖父の見舞いを日課にしていた。だがある日学校に眠る「呪物」の封印が解かれ、化物が現れてしまう。取り残された先輩を救う為、校舎へ乗り込む虎杖だが!? read more

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24. Bajar es lo peor

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.67

Format: 273 pages, Paperback

Bajar es lo peor, la primera novela de Mariana Enriquez, publicada en 1995, de reciente reaparición… read more

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25. First Person Singular: Stories

By: Haruki Murakami

3.54

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

A riveting new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Mura… read more

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"Hätte ich auf dem Jupiter umsteigen sollen?"

-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

"It’s important in life to get used to losing."

-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

"A circle that has many centers but no circumference"

-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

"Nichts, was leicht zu haben ist, besitzt einen Wert."

-Haruki Murakami, First Person Singular: Stories

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26. How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks

By: Witold Szabłowski

4.20

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Anthony Bourdain meets Kapuściński in this chilling look from within the kitchen at the appetites o… read more

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"Przyprawy dla dania to jak makijaż dla kobiety. Potrafią wydobyć smaki, których istnienia byś nawet nie podejrzewał."

-Witold Szabłowski, How to Feed a Dictator: Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Enver Hoxha, Fidel Castro, and Pol Pot Through the Eyes of Their Cooks

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27. 呪術廻戦 2 [Jujutsu Kaisen 2]

By: Gege Akutami

4.48

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

少年院内に、突如呪胎が発生。取り残された人間を救助する為、虎杖ら高専1年が派遣された! だが特級呪霊へ変態した呪胎に襲撃を受け、ピンチに陥る一行。虎杖は宿儺と入れ替わり、呪霊を倒そうと試みるが……!? read more

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"Non sono un eroe. Sono uno stregone."

-Gege Akutami, 呪術廻戦 2 [Jujutsu Kaisen 2]

"HAHA DAIJOUBU DESHOU, DATTE KIMI YOWAI MO"

-Gege Akutami, 呪術廻戦 2 [Jujutsu Kaisen 2]

"That's why I've never regretted saving you. Not even for a moment."

-Gege Akutami, 呪術廻戦 2 [Jujutsu Kaisen 2]

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28. The Husband Stitch

By: Carmen Maria Machado

4.36

Format: 45 pages, ebook

"‘I have heard all of the stories about girls like me, and I am unafraid to make more of them.’ … read more

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"I feel as lonely as I have ever been"

-Carmen Maria Machado, The Husband Stitch

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29. Hills Like White Elephants

By: Ernest Hemingway

3.85

Format: 6 pages, Kindle Edition

A conversation in a Spanish cafe between a man and a woman that is not as simple as it seems. Hi… read more

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30. The Freshest Boy

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.52

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Freshest Boy" is a short story by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published … read more

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31. Mannequin

By: Jean Rhys

3.90

Format: 10 pages, None

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A Rose for Emily

William Faulkner

3.83

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James Baldwin

4.30

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James Joyce

3.65

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Kate Chopin

4.07

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