6 best-selling classics books like Classic American Short Stories by O. Henry

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Classic American Short Stories

By: O. Henry

3.51

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A special bundle just for SYNC listeners. Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great Amer…

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Cover of Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

1. Stranger in a Strange Land

By: Robert A. Heinlein

3.92

Format: 525 pages, Paperback

NAME: Valentine Michael Smith ANCESTRY: Human ORIGIN: Mars Valentine Michael Smith is a human … read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
  • audiobook
"Secrecy begets tyranny."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Faith strikes me as intellectual laziness."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"He's an honest politician--he stays bought."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

"Churches thrive on martyrdom and persecution."

-Robert A. Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land

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2. Tortilla Flat

By: John Steinbeck

3.72

Format: None pages, Hardcover

"Steinbeck is an artist; and he tells the stories of these lovable thieves and adulterers with a ge… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of Selected Shorts: American Classics by Joyce Carol Oates, John Cheever, Edgar Allan Poe, Amy Tan, Alice Walker, Eudora Welty, Donald Barthelme, John Sayles, Symphony Space

3. Selected Shorts: American Classics

By: Joyce Carol Oates , John Cheever , Edgar Allan Poe , Amy Tan , Alice Walker , Eudora Welty , Donald Barthelme , John Sayles , Symphony Space

3.87

Format: None pages, Audio CD

A compilation of classic tales by great American writers performed by terrific actors, with a lineu… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • audiobook

4. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes

By: Steele Savage , Edith Hamilton

4.20

Format: 228 pages, Paperback

The world-renowned classic that has enthralled and delighted millions of readers with its timeless … read more

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  • classics
Cover of Last Night at the Lobster by Stewart O'Nan

5. Last Night at the Lobster

By: Stewart O'Nan

3.59

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

The Red Lobster perched in the far corner of a run-down New England mall hasn't been making its num… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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6. The Bean Trees (Greer Family, #1)

By: Barbara Kingsolver

3.91

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pre… read more

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  • classics
  • adult
  • fiction

7. A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

By: Norman Maclean

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

From its first magnificent sentence, "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and f… read more

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8. Lab Girl

By: Hope Jahren

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers,… read more

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9. No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

By: Gabriel García Márquez , J.S. Bernstein

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the d… read more

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10. Silence

By: Shūsaku Endō , William Johnston

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Paperback

Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees, staring in front of me. And… read more

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11. Small Victories: Spotting Improbable Moments of Grace

By: Anne Lamott

4.41

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the bestselling author of Stitches and Help, Thanks, Wow comes her long-awaited collection of … read more

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12. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

By: Robin Wall Kimmerer

3.87

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

In this series of linked personal essays, Robin Wall Kimmerer leads general readers and scientists … read more

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13. Lilith

By: George MacDonald

3.75

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Lilith is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. After he followed the old ma… read more

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14. The Never Game (Colter Shaw, #1)

By: Jeffery Deaver

3.92

Format: 413 pages, Kindle Edition

The first installment in Jeffery Deaver’s Colter Shaw series. The son of a survivalist family, Colt… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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15. The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

By: Timothy Egan

4.05

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

The dust storms that terrorized the High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like no… read more

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  • audiobook
"It still scares people driving cars named Expedition and Outlander... Throughout the Great Plains, a visitor passes more nothing than something. Or so it seems."

-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

"Of all the countries in the world, we Americans have been the greatest destroyers of land of any race of people barbaric or civilized," Bennett said in a speech at the start of the dust storms. What …"

-Timothy Egan, The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

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16. The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

By: Margaret Renkl

4.37

Format: 270 pages, Hardcover

From the beloved New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a “h… read more

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  • audiobook
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17. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

By: Candice Millard

3.84

Format: 349 pages, Hardcover

From the New York Times bestselling author of RIVER OF DOUBT and DESTINY OF THE REPUBLIC, the stirr… read more

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  • audiobook
"..the charm of the scenery was perhaps enhanced by the reflection that my eyes might never look upon it again....Masses of brown-purple clouds covered the quarter of the heavens where the sun was abo…"

-Candice Millard, River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile

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18. Saga, Volume 11

By: Brian K. Vaughan

4.26

Format: 153 pages, ebook

While Hazel and her family fight for scraps to survive, the rich and powerful race to forge new all… read more

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  • adult
  • fiction
Cover of The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times by Jane Goodall

19. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

By: Jane Goodall

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope? Looking at the headlines--a global… read more

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  • audiobook
"Of course, a great deal of our onslaught on Mother Nature is not really lack of intelligence but a lack of compassion for future generations and the health of the planet: sheer selfish greed for shor…"

-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

"She says that people who wonder how you can have hope in seemingly hopeless situations, like a death camp, confuse hope with idealism. Idealism expects everything to be fair or easy or good. She says…"

-Jane Goodall, The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times

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20. You Can’t Be Serious

By: Kal Penn

4.21

Format: 368 pages, Hardcover

In this refreshingly candid memoir, Kal Penn recounts why he rejected the advice of his aunties and… read more

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  • audiobook
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21. Classic American Short Stories

By: O. Henry

3.51

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A special bundle just for SYNC listeners. Represented here are 16 short stories by seven great Amer… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • adult
  • audiobook

8 Top fiction books like Classic American Short Stories by O. Henry

Transform Your Habits

Stranger in a Strange Land

Robert A. Heinlein

3.92

Transform Your Habits

Tortilla Flat

John Steinbeck

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Selected Shorts: American Classics

Joyce Carol Oates , John Cheever , Edgar Allan Poe , Amy Tan , Alice Walker , Eudora Welty , Donald Barthelme , John Sayles , Symphony Space

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Last Night at the Lobster

Stewart O'Nan

3.59

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18 must-read audiobook books like The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year by Margaret Renkl

Transform Your Habits

After Annie

Anna Quindlen

4.03

Transform Your Habits

The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year

Margaret Renkl

4.37

Transform Your Habits

James

Percival Everett

4.54

Transform Your Habits

The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Amy Tan

4.14

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