Old Mortality
By: Katherine Anne Porter
3.78
Format: 51 pages, None
Katherine Anne Porter's short novel Old Mortality might be a tale of teenage rebellion except that …
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1. Life After God
By: Douglas Coupland
3.83
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
His fans favourite book. YOU ARE THE FIRST GENERATION RAISED WITHOUT RELIGION What happens if we ar… read more
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"For there was once a time when we expected the worst. But then the worst happened, did it not? And so we will never be surprised ever again."-Douglas Coupland, Life After God
"Maybe the more emotions a person experiences in their daily lives, the longer time seems to feel to them. As you get older, you experience fewer new things, and so time seems to go by faster."-Douglas Coupland, Life After God
"Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have had other people hurt us. To a younger me this sounded like luck; to an older me this sou…"-Douglas Coupland, Life After God
"I thought about how odd it is for billions of people to be alive, yet not one of them is really quite sure of what makes people people. The only activities I could think of that humans do that have n…"-Douglas Coupland, Life After God
2. The Raven
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Gustave Doré
4.29
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
In Gustave Doré, one of the most prolific and successful book illustrators of the late 19h century,… read more
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"Quoth the raven nevermore."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"La ciencia no nos a enseñado aun si la locura es o no lo mas sublime de la inteligencia"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
"And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted Nevermore"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven
3. 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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- short stories
"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
4. The Black Cat
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.40
Format: 300 pages,
"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more
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- short stories
5. The Sunset Limited
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
A startling encounter on a New York subway platform leads two strangers to a run-down tenement wher… read more
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6. Player Piano
By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
4.38
Format: 613 pages, Paperback
Kurt Vonnegut's first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way t… read more
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7. Tartuffe
By: Martin Sorrell , Molière , Curtis Hidden Page
4.14
Format: None pages, Paperback
Condemned and banned for five years in Moliere's day, Tartuffe is a satire on religious hypocrisy. … read more
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8. Child of God
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more
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9. 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
10. Losing Battles
By: Eudora Welty
3.98
Format: None pages, Paperback
On the hot, dry first Sunday of August, three generations of Granny Vaughn's descendants gather at … read more
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11. The Optimist's Daughter
By: Eudora Welty
3.98
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The Optimist's Daughter is the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South a… read more
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12. Redshirts
By: John Scalzi
3.86
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more
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"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."-John Scalzi, Redshirts
13. Uncle Vanya
By: Anton Chekhov
3.78
Format: None pages, Paperback
Famous play by the Russian short story writer and playwright. His major plays are frequently revive… read more
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14. The Complete Stories
By: Flannery O'Connor
5.00
Format: 144 pages,
The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established Flannery O'Connor's monumental cont… read more
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15. The Fall of the House of Usher
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.87
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
Take the plunge. Dive into this classic from the singular mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who is widely re… read more
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"[Son] cœur est un luth suspendu; Sitôt qu'on le touche il résonne. — De Béranger "-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid and very luminous...finely molded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
"Er is geen twijfel mogelijk dat mijn bewustzijn van de snelle groei van mijn bijgeloof (want waarom zou ik het niet zo noemen?) de groei alleen maar scheen te versnellen. Dat is, zoals ik al lange ti…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
16. Native Son
By: Richard Wright
3.46
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or pet… read more
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17. The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare
4.27
Format: 127 pages,
In The Tempest, long considered one of Shakespeare's most lyrical plays, Prospero--a magician on an… read more
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18. Christine
By: Stephen King , None
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
"This is the story of a lover's triangle...It was bad from the start. And it got worse in a hurry."… read more
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19. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: A Story from Different Seasons
By: Stephen King
4.21
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
A man convicted of murder lives in a prison brutally ruled by a sadistic warden and secretly run by… 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 Blind Owl
By: Sadegh Hedayat , D.P. Costello
3.97
Format: 148 pages, Paperback
Considered the most important work of modern Iranian literature, The Blind Owl is a haunting tale o… read more
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"افكار پوچ! از هر حقيقتی بيشتر مرا شكنجه ميكند"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهایی است که روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد ومیتراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"در زندگی زخمهايی هست که مثل خوره روح را آهسته در انزوا می خورد و می تراشد"-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
"از دور ریختن عقایدی که به من تلقین شده بود، آرامش مخصوصی در خودم حس میکردم."-Sadegh Hedayat, The Blind Owl
22. Deadlocked (Sookie Stackhouse, #12)
By: Charlaine Harris
4.28
Format: 315 pages, Hardcover
Sookie has a murder investigation on her hands. A young girl has died at a vampire party - and it l… read more
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23. Owls Do Cry
By: Janet Frame
3.67
Format: 542 pages, Paperback
Set in provincial, pre-1940s New Zealand, Owls Do Cryexplores the Withers family, in particular Dap… read more
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24. Our Hearts Were Young and Gay: An Unforgettable Comic Chronicle of Innocents Abroad in the 1920s
By: Emily Kimbrough , Cornelia Otis Skinner
4.20
Format: None pages,
Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner and journalist Emily Kimbrough offer a lighthearted, hilarious memoir… read more
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25. The Lion in Winter
By: James Goldman
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Insecure siblings fighting for their parents' attention; bickering spouses who can't stand to be to… read more
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26. The Pram
By: Joe Hill
3.77
Format: 58 pages, Kindle Edition
A husband’s obsessive desire for a child leads to an unexpected manifestation of his yearning in a … read more
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27. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
By: Amanda Gorman
4.56
Format: 29 pages, Hardcover
An alternative cover edition for this ISBN 9780593465271 can be found here. On January 20, 2021,… read more
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"So while we once asked: How could we possibly prevail over catastrophe? Now we assert: How could catastrophe possibly prevail over us?"-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
"The new dawn blooms as we free it, For there is always light, If only we're brave enough to see it, If only we're brave enough to be it."-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
"Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true: That even as we grieved, we grew That even as we hurt, we hoped That even as we tired, we tried"-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
"When day comes, we step out of the shade of flame and unafraid. The new dawn balloons as we free it. For there is always light, if only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be …"-Amanda Gorman, The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country
28. The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
By: Claudia Gray
3.69
Format: 386 pages, Paperback
A summer house party turns into a whodunit when Mr. Wickham, one of literature’s most notorious vil… read more
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"What I believed Willoughby to be, you truly are."-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
"What a relief - he was referring only to the murder."-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
"How unfortunate for public morals that being unladylike feels so... exciting."-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
"Doing what is right may be painful to us," she said, "but doing what is painful to others is rarely right."-Claudia Gray, The Murder of Mr. Wickham (Mr. Darcy & Miss Tilney, #1)
29. One Two Three
By: Laurie Frankel
3.88
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In a town where nothing ever changes, suddenly everything does... Everyone knows everyone in the… read more
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"You can only chase your own demons, you know." Strange advice from a pastor. "You can't chase your mother's."-Laurie Frankel, One Two Three
"As I have said—and as should be obvious—stupid people need to read books in order to get smarter, but unfortunately people who like books are usually smart already, and stupid people do not read."-Laurie Frankel, One Two Three
"We don’t need something to have happened to talk about it, though. Teenage girls don’t get enough credit for this, their ability to see the potential import of everything, no matter how insignificant…"-Laurie Frankel, One Two Three
"Mrs. Lasserstein passes out copies of Lord of the Flies and says this will be our fall book, but a whole season seems too long because Lord of the Flies is only 208 pages, and I have already read it,…"-Laurie Frankel, One Two Three
30. Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
By: Zora Neale Hurston
3.97
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A collection of remarkable stories, including eight “lost” Harlem Renaissance tales now available t… read more
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"I am striving desperately for a toe-hold on the world."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
"People value monuments above men, and signs above works."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
"A woman robbed of her love is more terrible than an army with banners."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
"The heart of man is an ever empty abyss into which the whole world shall fall and be swallowed up."-Zora Neale Hurston, Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance
31. Old Mortality
By: Katherine Anne Porter
3.78
Format: 51 pages, None
Katherine Anne Porter's short novel Old Mortality might be a tale of teenage rebellion except that … read more
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