14 must-read classics books like Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J.D. Salinger

Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut

By: J.D. Salinger

3.63

Format: 20 pages, Paperback

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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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  • classics
  • american
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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe

2. The Oblong Box

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.57

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

"The Oblong Box" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844 in "Godey's Lady's Bo… read more

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  • classics
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Cover of Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

3. Zeitoun

By: Dave Eggers

4.05

Format: 342 pages, Hardcover

The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on ter… read more

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"Then he got more books. He saved all the books."

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

"Yes, a dark time passed over this land, but now there is something like light."

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

"His frustration with some Americans was like that of a disappointed parent. He was so content in this country, so impressed with and loving of its opportunities, but then why, sometimes, did American…"

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

"The country he had left thirty years ago had been a realistic place. There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything…"

-Dave Eggers, Zeitoun

Cover of The Signalman by Charles Dickens, Scott Cohn

4. 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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  • classics
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"Hallow! Below there!"

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

Cover of The Overcoat by Nikolai Gogol

5. 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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"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

"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

"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

Cover of The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe

6. 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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  • classics
  • short stories
Cover of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving

7. Rip Van Winkle

By: Washington Irving

3.81

Format: 343 pages, Paperback

What would you do if you met the Strange Men in the mountains? Would you dare to pass the haunted t… read more

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  • american
  • literature
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of A Conversation With My Father by Grace Paley

8. A Conversation With My Father

By: Grace Paley

3.90

Format: 144 pages, Short Story

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Cover of Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories by Joyce Carol Oates

9. Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?: Selected Early Stories

By: Joyce Carol Oates

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Hardcover

The sixties and seventies witnessed the emergence of Joyce Carol Oates as one of America's foremost… read more

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Cover of The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, Byron Glaser, None

10. The Tell-Tale Heart

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None

4.24

Format: 31 pages, Library Binding

A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more

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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart

Cover of Metzengerstein by Edgar Allan Poe

11. Metzengerstein

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.04

Format: None pages,

The story takes place in Hungary, between two rival families: the Metzengersteins and the Berlifitz… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
Cover of Bestiario by Julio Cortázar

12. Bestiario

By: Julio Cortázar

3.70

Format: 264 pages, Paperback

In these eight masterpieces there is no room for the smallest sign of stumbling or youthful underto… read more

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13. The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

By: Mark Twain

4.75

Format: 140 pages, Hardcover

The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" is a wild yarn involving a case of mistaken identi… read more

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14. The Outcasts of Poker Flat

By: Bret Harte

4.25

Format: 328 pages, Paperback

Upon waking from their overnight camp in the mountains, four exiles from Poker Flat and a young cou… read more

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15. 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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16. A Country Doctor

By: Franz Kafka , Kevin Blahut , None

3.86

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

Written during the winter of 1916-17 when Kafka was living in one of the tiny houses on Golden Lane… read more

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17. 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

18. Why I Write

By: George Orwell

4.00

Format: 592 pages,

Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unp… read more

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19. The Way We Live Now

By: Susan Sontag

3.96

Format: 332 pages, Paperback

Depois que um jovem antiquario bissexual contrai o virus HIV, um grupo de amigos se mobiliza para a… read more

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20. The Agatha Christie Collection

By: Agatha Christie

4.41

Format: 1075 pages, Kindle Edition

The Agatha Christie Collection by Steppenwolf Press brings together the early works of one of the g… read more

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21. Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut

By: J.D. Salinger

3.63

Format: 20 pages, Paperback

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13 Top fiction books like Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut by J.D. Salinger

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That Evening Sun

William Faulkner

3.66

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The Oblong Box

Edgar Allan Poe

3.57

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The Signalman

Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

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3.51

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H.P. Lovecraft

3.42

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The Beast in the Cave

H.P. Lovecraft

3.43

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