14 best-selling short stories books like The Apostate by George Milburn

The Apostate

By: George Milburn

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

“The Apostate” is a short story written by George Milburn in 1937, published in The New Yorker (Jun…

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Cover of That Evening Sun by William Faulkner

1. That Evening Sun

By: William Faulkner

3.66

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Quentin Compson narrates the story of his family’s African-American washerwoman, Nancy, who fears t… read more

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Cover of The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

2. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

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3. The Catbird Seat

By: James Thurber

3.26

Format: 212 pages, Paperback

Short story first published in The New Yorker, Nov. 14, 1942. Mr. Martin, a man of exemplary habits… read more

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4. A String of Beads

By: W. Somerset Maugham

3.90

Format: 144 pages,

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5. Ivy Day in the Committee Room

By: James Joyce

3.00

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

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6. The Chrysanthemums

By: John Steinbeck

4.83

Format: 28 pages, Paperback

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7. A Short History of Nearly Everything

By: Bill Bryson

3.42

Format: None pages,

In Bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand--and, if possible, ans… read more

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8. The Man Who Could Work Miracles

By: H.G. Wells

4.11

Format: 192 pages,

"The subsequent meditations of Mr. Fotheringay were of a severe but confused description. So far, h… read more

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9. 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

By: Arthur C. Clarke

4.17

Format: 297 pages, Paperback

On the Moon, an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of this discovery that for th… read more

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"My God -- it's full of stars! -Dave Bowman."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now times had changed, and the inherited wisdom of the past had become folly."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

". . . the newspapers of Utopia, he had long ago decided, would be terribly dull."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

"Now I'm a scientific expert; that means I know nothing about absolutely everything."

-Arthur C. Clarke, 2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)

10. The Law

By: Robert M. Coates

3.45

Format: None pages,

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11. An Upheaval

By: Anton Chekhov

3.90

Format: None pages,

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12. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

By: Charles C. Mann

4.23

Format: 11 pages, Paperback

A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival o… read more

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13. The Schartz-Metterklume Method

By: Saki

3.80

Format: 144 pages,

At a railway station, an arrogant and overbearing woman (Mrs. Quabarl) mistakes the mischievous Lad… read more

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14. The Door

By: E.B. White

3.38

Format: 6 pages, None

Everything (he kept saying) is something it isn't. And everybody is always somewhere else. read more

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15. The Death of a Bachelor

By: Arthur Schnitzler

3.49

Format: None pages, Unknown Binding

The story speaks of the betrayal of wives to their husbands. A rich and sick bachelor wrote a lette… read more

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16. The Apostate

By: George Milburn

2.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

“The Apostate” is a short story written by George Milburn in 1937, published in The New Yorker (Jun… read more

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17. How Beautiful With Shoes

By: Wilbur Daniel Steele

3.95

Format: None pages, Print Magazine

A simple farm girl is abducted by an escapee from the mental institution and has her life changed f… read more

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18. The Curfew Tolls

By: Stephen Vincent Benét

3.66

Format: None pages, None

A famous short story read more

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19. Main Currents of American Thought

By: Irwin Shaw

3.27

Format: None pages, None

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20. The Foreigner

By: Francis Steegmuller

2.59

Format: 6 pages, Paperback

A foreign student in France gets into trouble with a headstrong taxi driver and winds up in the pol… read more

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21. The Golden Honeymoon

By: Ring Lardner

3.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Golden Honeymoon is a collection of short stories written by Ring W. Lardner. The book features… read more

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23 must-read short stories books like Main Currents of American Thought by Irwin Shaw

Transform Your Habits

That Evening Sun

William Faulkner

3.66

Transform Your Habits

The Minister's Black Veil

Nathaniel Hawthorne

3.73

Transform Your Habits

A Haunted House and Other Short Stories

Virginia Woolf , Leonard Woolf

3.64

Transform Your Habits

The Catbird Seat

James Thurber

3.26

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