11 must-read classics books like The Ransom of Red Chief & Other Stories by O. Henry by O. Henry

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The Ransom of Red Chief & Other Stories by O. Henry

By: O. Henry

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

A collection of age-appropriate tales by O. Henry includes "The Ransom of Red Chief," "Gifts of the…

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Cover of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde, Inga Moore

1. The Canterville Ghost

By: Oscar Wilde , Inga Moore

3.88

Format: 126 pages, Hardcover

This is Oscar Wilde's tale of the American family moved into a British mansion, Canterville Chase, … read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
"Love is stronger than death is"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"Oh, I hate the cheap severity of abstract ethics!"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"You can have your secret as long as I have your heart[.]"

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

"To his alert mind and ears, every experience was education."

-Oscar Wilde, The Canterville Ghost

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2. The Storm

By: Kate Chopin

3.61

Format: 4 pages,

"The Storm" is a short story by the American writer Kate Chopin, written in 1898. It did not appear… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne Perry, Sidney Paget, Maria Buitoni Duca

3. The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle , Anne Perry , Sidney Paget , Maria Buitoni Duca

4.13

Format: 256 pages, Mass Market Paperback

In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage gho… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"The devil’s agents may be of flesh and blood, may they not?"

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"It is not my intention to be fulsome, but I confess that I covet your skull."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"Watson: "You may be right." Holmes: "The probability lies in that direction."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

"The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes."

-Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)

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4. 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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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
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5. The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy #2)

By: Katherine Arden

4.37

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingalecontinues as brave Vasya, now a young wo… read more

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  • fiction

6. Tuck Everlasting

By: Natalie Babbitt

4.02

Format: 424 pages,

Doomed to - or blessed with - eternal life after drinking from a magic spring, the Tuck family wand… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
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7. 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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  • classics
  • fiction
"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

Cover of El baile by Irène Némirovsky, Gemma Moral Bartolomé

8. El baile

By: Irène Némirovsky , Gemma Moral Bartolomé

3.67

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

Autora de la recién descubierta Suite francesa, publicada póstumamente y aclamada por la crítica y … read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction
Cover of The Red Headed League (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle

9. The Red Headed League (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #2)

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.54

Format: None pages, Audio Cassette

In The Redheaded League, Holmes is engaged upon two seemingly unrelated cases, a daring bank robber… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction

10. The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

By: Lemony Snicket , Brett Helquist

4.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

Dear Reader, I'm sorry to say that the book you are holding in your hands is extremely unpleasant. … read more

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  • fiction

11. The Strange Library

By: Haruki Murakami , Ted Goossen

4.36

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

From internationally acclaimed author Haruki Murakami--a fantastical illustrated short novel about … read more

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12. To Build a Fire

By: Jack London

3.29

Format: None pages, Paperback

To Build a Fire is one of Jack London's most beloved short stories. A heartbreaking tale set in the… 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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  • classics
  • fiction
"[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. The Captain's Daughter

By: Alexander Pushkin , Robert Chandler

4.44

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Pushkin's version of the historical novel in the style of Walter Scott, this final prose work also … read more

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15. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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16. The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

By: Agatha Christie

3.87

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

When Hercule Poirot and his associate Arthur Hastings arrive in the French village of Merlinville-s… read more

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  • classics
  • fiction
"Two people rarely see the same thing."

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Again you have the sentiment and not the logic!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"[...] She is not for you, that one! Take it from Papa Poirot!"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

"Mon ami, двоє людей рідко можуть похвалитись, що бачать однакові речі"

-Agatha Christie, The Murder on the Links (Hercule Poirot, #2)

Cover of Squeeze Me (Skink #8) by Carl Hiaasen

17. Squeeze Me (Skink #8)

By: Carl Hiaasen

4.03

Format: 353 pages, Kindle Edition

From the best-selling author of Skinny Dip and Razor Girl, a new novel that captures the Trump era … read more

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  • fiction
Cover of The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3) by Katherine Arden

18. The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

By: Katherine Arden

4.49

Format: 384 pages, ebook

Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Mor… read more

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  • fiction
"The more one knows, the sooner one grows old"

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

"Men do the work of devils, do they not? It has always been so."

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

"You were such a sweet child, when I first met you by this very tree,"

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

"You are not alone, he said, in a voice no one but she could hear. Remember."

-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)

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19. The Ransom of Red Chief & Other Stories by O. Henry

By: O. Henry

4.10

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

A collection of age-appropriate tales by O. Henry includes "The Ransom of Red Chief," "Gifts of the… read more

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  • short stories
  • classics
  • fiction

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