5 Top short stories books like A Day in the Life by Anjum Hasan

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A Day in the Life

By: Anjum Hasan

3.82

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Quixotic nonconformists in small towns and young newly-weds trying to keep up with the times; a for…

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1. The Lowland

By: Jhumpa Lahiri

3.87

Format: 340 pages, Hardcover

Epic in its canvas and intimate in its portrayal of lives undone and forged anew, The Lowland is a … read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
"Isolation offered its own form of companionship"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"The blood of too many, dissolving the very stain."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"In a world of diminishing mystery, the unknown persists."

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

"With children the clock is reset. We forget what came before"

-Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland

Cover of The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 1 (Feluda #1-16) by Satyajit Ray, Gopa Majumdar

2. The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 1 (Feluda #1-16)

By: Satyajit Ray , Gopa Majumdar

4.55

Format: 788 pages, Paperback

Between 1965 and 1992, Satyajit Ray wrote a total of 35 Feluda stories, featuring the master sleuth… read more

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  • indian literature
  • short stories
  • india
  • fiction
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3. North and South

By: Elizabeth Gaskell , Alan Shelston

4.15

Format: 521 pages, Paperback

When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her com… read more

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  • fiction
"No one loves me, - no one cares for me, but you, mother."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be. "

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

"He is my first olive: let me make a face while I swallow it."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South

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4. Beastly Tales from Here and There

By: Vikram Seth

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ten witty and enchanting animal fables in verse which, like a modern Aesop's Fables, can be enjoyed… read more

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  • indian literature
  • short stories
  • india
  • fiction
Cover of Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) by Hilary Mantel

5. Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)

By: Hilary Mantel

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

England in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the countr… read more

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  • fiction
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6. The God of Small Things

By: Arundhati Roy

3.96

Format: 321 pages, Paperback

The year is 1969. In the state of Kerala, on the southernmost tip of India, a skyblue Plymouth with… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
"If you're happy in a dream, does that count?"

-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

"His gratitude widened his smile and bent his back."

-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

"Thirty-one. Not old. Not young. But a viable die-able age."

-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

"That's what careless words do. They make people love you a little less."

-Arundhati Roy, The God of Small Things

7. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

By: Jonathan Safran Foer

3.68

Format: 528 pages, Paperback

Nine-year-old Oskar Schell is an inventor, amateur entomologist, Francophile, letter writer, pacifi… read more

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8. A Doll's House

By: Henrik Ibsen , Michael Meyer

3.76

Format: 122 pages, Paperback

A Doll's House (1879), is a masterpiece of theatrical craft which, for the first time portrayed the… read more

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  • fiction
"Laughter's all the damned thing's fit for."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"I must make up my mind which is right – society or I."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"لن تفقدوني طويلاً، فالراحلون سرعان ما ينطوون في زوايا النسيان."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

"أنا ارى الناس صنفين .. صنف تعشقه المرأة، وصنف تحب أن تتجاذب معه أطراف الحديث."

-Henrik Ibsen, A Doll's House

9. The Housekeeper and the Professor

By: Yōko Ogawa , Stephen Snyder

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he ha… read more

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10. Life After Life

By: Kate Atkinson

3.27

Format: 64 pages, Hardcover

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, … read more

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11. How I Became a Tree

By: None

3.83

Format: None pages,

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12. Haroun and the Sea of Stories (Khalifa Brothers, #1)

By: Salman Rushdie , None

4.30

Format: 189 pages,

Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushd… read more

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13. The Complete Adventures of Feluda, Vol. 2

By: Satyajit Ray , Gopa Majumdar

4.07

Format: 640 pages,

This second volume shows Feluda at the peak of his sleuthing career. He is at his inimitable best a… read more

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14. Pinjar: The Skeleton and Other Stories

By: Khushwant Singh , Amrita Pritam

4.50

Format: None pages,

Brought together in this volume are two of the most moving novels by one of India s greatest women … read more

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15. The Death of Vivek Oji

By: Akwaeke Emezi

4.13

Format: 248 pages, Hardcover

Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienti… read more

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  • fiction
"Love and guilt sometimes taste the same, you know"

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

"He smelled like grass and wind and clothes that had been dried in the sun."

-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji

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16. Assembly

By: Natasha Brown

3.84

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Ho… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"I traded in my life for a sliver of middle-class comfort. For a future."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Explain air. Convince a sceptic. Prove it's there. Prove what cant be seen."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Because they watch (us). They're taught how to, from school. They are taught to view our bodies (selves) as objects."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

"Everything now is profit. I am what we’ve always been to the empire: pure, fucking profit. A natural resource to exploit and exploit, denigrate, and exploit."

-Natasha Brown, Assembly

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17. Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

By: Toshikazu Kawaguchi

3.91

Format: 220 pages, ebook

The latest novel in the international bestselling Before the Coffee Gets Cold Series, following fou… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"surviving alone is much the same as dying alone"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"I will remember this comforting warmth for the rest of my life"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"People’s true feelings are not in plain sight. The other person might not be thinking anything, but there is a tendency to just assume what the other is feeling without reaching out and asking."

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

"When you give a gift to someone who is striving to achieve their dreams, you have to give them the most cherished thing you have. Some days that person who is chasing their dreams will not be able to…"

-Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before Your Memory Fades (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #3)

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18. A Narrow Door (Malbry, #3)

By: Joanne Harris

3.94

Format: 448 pages, Hardcover

Now I'm in charge, the gates are my gates. The rules are my rules. It's an incendiary moment for… read more

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  • fiction
"Working at King Henry's, and later at St Oswald's, I had always had to be tough on myself, and gentle on men. Men are so very fragile, Roy; so unused to being challenged."

-Joanne Harris, A Narrow Door (Malbry, #3)

"I was surprised. It's not often that a woman receives an apology from a man, especially not in such circumstances. I am far more used to being told: You need to learn to take a joke, or; Why must you…"

-Joanne Harris, A Narrow Door (Malbry, #3)

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19. Good Girls

By: Leesa Gazi

3.72

Format: 190 pages, Kindle Edition

In this richly unnerving tale about family secrets and expectations, two sisters are at lifelong od… read more

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  • indian literature
  • fiction
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20. Girl in White Cotton

By: Avni Doshi

3.35

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Antara has never understood her mother Tara's decisions - walking out on her marriage to follow a g… read more

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  • indian literature
  • india
  • fiction
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21. A Day in the Life

By: Anjum Hasan

3.82

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

Quixotic nonconformists in small towns and young newly-weds trying to keep up with the times; a for… read more

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  • indian literature
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4.55

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4.15

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