The Gioconda Smile
By: Aldous Huxley
3.17
Format: 44 pages, Paperback
Short story, originally published in the 1922 collection Mortal Coils. "Miss Spence will be down…
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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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2. The Coffee House of Surat
By: Leo Tolstoy
4.29
Format: 480 pages,
This short story is about ecumenism, tolerance and arrogance. At least that is how I see it. You ca… read more
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4. 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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5. 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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6. The Castle
By: Franz Kafka , Mark Harman , Regaip Minareci , None
3.90
Format: 49 pages, Paperback
Translated and with a preface by Mark Harman Left unfinished by Kafka in 1922 and not published unt… read more
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7. 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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"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
8. Ivy Day in the Committee Room
By: James Joyce
3.00
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
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10. The Selfish Giant
By: Oscar Wilde , S. Saelig Gallagher
3.54
Format: None pages, Hardcover
This magnificent new edition of Oscar Wilde's beloved tale tells the story of the selfish giant who… read more
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11. The Real Life of Sebastian Knight
By: Vladimir Nabokov
3.95
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
The Real Life of Sebastian Knightis a perversely magical literary detective story -- subtle, intric… read more
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12. The Satanic Verses
By: Salman Rushdie
4.25
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the most controversial and acclaimed novels ever written, The Satanic Versesis Salman Rushdi… read more
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13. 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
14. 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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15. The Orange Girl
By: James Anderson , Jostein Gaarder
3.91
Format: 151 pages, Paperback
'My father died eleven years ago. I was only four then. I never thought I'd hear from him again, bu… read more
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"We are the universe."-James Anderson, The Orange Girl
"أن الأطفال يمكلون حساً مرهفاً للعدل"-James Anderson, The Orange Girl
"Imao sam oči samo za ono čega nije bilo."-James Anderson, The Orange Girl
"I'm not just some butterfly for you to catch."-James Anderson, The Orange Girl
16. The Screaming Skull
By: F. Marion Crawford
4.27
Format: 197 pages,
A screaming skull haunts the house in which it is closeted in a sealed hatbox. read more
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17. Shooting an Elephant
By: George Orwell
4.60
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Shooting an Elephant" is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a poli… read more
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20. Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There
By: Lewis Carroll , John Tenniel , Peter Glassman
3.46
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
In 1865, English author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832-1898), aka Lewis Carroll, wrote a fantastica… read more
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21. Silk
By: Alessandro Baricco
3.37
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
When an epidemic threatens to destroy the silk trade in France, the young merchant Herve Joncour le… read more
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22. The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
By: William Saroyan
4.00
Format: None pages,
The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse is a short story by William Saroyan, published within the c… read more
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23. A Grief Observed
By: C.S. Lewis
4.22
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
Written with love, humility, and faith, this brief but poignant volume was first published in 1961 … read more
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"Time itself is one more name for death."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"The death of a beloved is an amputation."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"I need Christ, not something that resembles Him."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
"No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear."-C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed
24. The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
By: John P. Strelecky
3.55
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
In a small cafe at a location so remote it stands in the middle of the middle of nowhere, John--a m… read more
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"Man schafft nicht alles. Niemand tut das. Deshalb sollte man sich über die Dinge freuen, zu denen man kommt."-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
"Why is it that we spend so much of our time preparing for when we can do what we want, instead of just doing what we want right now?"-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
"As I was floating on the surface, I realized something: When the turtle was swimming, it linked its movements to the movements of the water. When a wave was coming at him, he would float, and paddle …"-John P. Strelecky, The Cafe on the Edge of the World: A Story About the Meaning of Life
25. 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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26. 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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27. The Curfew Tolls
By: Stephen Vincent Benét
3.66
Format: None pages, None
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28. Father wakes up the village
By: Clarence Day Jr.
3.10
Format: 5 pages, Paperback
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29. The Gioconda Smile
By: Aldous Huxley
3.17
Format: 44 pages, Paperback
Short story, originally published in the 1922 collection Mortal Coils. "Miss Spence will be down… read more
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30. The Man Who Shot Snapping Turtles
By: Edmund Wilson
3.63
Format: None pages, None
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31. The Man of the House
By: Frank O'Connor
3.26
Format: 8 pages, Paperback
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