8 Top short stories books like Cuentos incompletos by T. Coraghessan Boyle

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Cuentos incompletos

By: T. Coraghessan Boyle

5.00

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

Un chef atormentado por una crítica gastronómica, un asalto nocturno a una granja de pavos, una cas…

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1. When the Wind Blows

By: Raymond Briggs

4.27

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Raymond Briggs' now famous bestselling comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a nuclear attack o… read more

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2. The Recognitions

By: William H. Gass , William Gaddis

4.20

Format: 976 pages, Paperback

The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the "ur-text of postwar fiction" and the "first great cultural cri… read more

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"Women get desperate, but they don't understand despair."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

"That fever had passed; but for the rest of his life it never left his eyes."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

"Reading Proust isn't just reading a book, it's an experience and you can't reject an experience."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

"Most people are clever because they don't know how to be honest." William Gaddis, The Recognitions."

-William H. Gass, The Recognitions

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3. Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas

By: William H. Gass

4.17

Format: None pages, Paperback

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4. In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories

By: William H. Gass

4.07

Format: 242 pages,

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  • short stories
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5. Nostalgia

By: Mircea Cărtărescu , Julian Semilian

3.69

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Mircea Cartarescu, born in 1956, is one of Romania's leading novelists and poets. This translation … read more

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Cover of Rain (Blackwater, #6) by Michael McDowell

6. Rain (Blackwater, #6)

By: Michael McDowell

4.16

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

The mysterious saga of the Caskey family concludes in Blackwater VI: Rain. Time heals old wound… read more

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7. The Sot-Weed Factor

By: John Barth

3.81

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Considered by critics to be Barth's most distinguished masterpiece, The Sot-Weed Factorhas acquired… read more

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8. The Brothers Karamazov

By: Fyodor Dostoevsky , Richard Pevear , Larissa Volokhonsky

4.37

Format: 796 pages, Paperback

The Brothers Karamazov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry… read more

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"How good life is when one does something good and just!"

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Forgive me... for my love - for ruining you with my love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"Love in action is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

"What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love."

-Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov

Cover of London: City of Disappearances by Michael Moorcock, Nicholas Royle, James Sallis, Alan             Moore, Alan Wall, Will Self, J.G. Ballard, Iain Sinclair, Stephen   Smith, Derek Raymond, Marina Warner, Jonathan Meades, Tibor Fischer, Sukhdev Sandhu, Stewart Home, Marius Kociejowski, Lee Harwood, Ben Watson, Allen Fisher, Rachel Lichtenstein, Alexis Lykiard, Brian Catling, Ann Baer, Nick Papadimitriou, Steve Beard, Jeff Nuttall, Keggie Carew, Chris Petit, Bill Drummond, Paul Buck, Richard Humphreys, Vahni Capildeo, Patrick Wright, None, John Welch, Tom Raworth, Kathi Diamant, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None, John  Seed

9. London: City of Disappearances

By: Michael Moorcock , Nicholas Royle , James Sallis , Alan Moore , Alan Wall , Will Self , J.G. Ballard , Iain Sinclair , Stephen Smith , Derek Raymond , Marina Warner , Jonathan Meades , Tibor Fischer , Sukhdev Sandhu , Stewart Home , Marius Kociejowski , Lee Harwood , Ben Watson , Allen Fisher , Rachel Lichtenstein , Alexis Lykiard , Brian Catling , Ann Baer , Nick Papadimitriou , Steve Beard , Jeff Nuttall , Keggie Carew , Chris Petit , Bill Drummond , Paul Buck , Richard Humphreys , Vahni Capildeo , Patrick Wright , None , John Welch , Tom Raworth , Kathi Diamant , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , None , John Seed

3.33

Format: 120 pages,

'A book full of richness, unexpected enticements, short sharp shocks and breathtaking writing' Guar… read more

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10. Bad Behavior

By: Mary Gaitskill

4.11

Format: None pages,

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11. Giovanni’s Room

By: James Baldwin

4.33

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Set in the contemporary Paris of American  expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds  h… read more

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"Nobody can stay in the Garden of Eden."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

"Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

"...for nothing is more unbearable, once one has it, than freedom."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

"I loved her as much as ever and I still did not know how much that was."

-James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room

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12. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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13. La guerra (Blackwater, #4)

By: Michael McDowell

4.05

Format: 184 pages, Kindle Edition

1938. È l’alba di una nuova èra per il clan Caskey e nulla sarà mai più come prima. La determinazio… read more

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"Southerners are an easygoing race when it comes to aberrations of conduct. They will react with anger if something out of the ordinary is presented as a possible future occurrence; but if an unusual …"

-Michael McDowell, La guerra (Blackwater, #4)

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14. La casa (Blackwater, #3)

By: Michael McDowell

4.19

Format: 245 pages, Kindle Edition

1928, Perdido. Il clan Caskey è dilaniato dalla spietata lotta tra Mary-Love ed Elinor. Ma all'oriz… read more

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15. El Cuerpo de Cristo

By: Bea Lema

4.52

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

Cuando Vera era niña, un demonio rondaba su casa y acosaba a su madre, martilleándole los nervios h… read more

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16. Time Shelter

By: Georgi Gospodinov

3.75

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Award-winning Bulgarian author Georgi Gospodinov has enthralled readers around the world with his l… read more

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"Има ли миналото срок на годност?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Time feeds on us. We are food for time."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"Ако не сме в нечия памет, има ли ни изобщо?"

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

"There is no time machine except the human being."

-Georgi Gospodinov, Time Shelter

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17. Literatura infantil

By: Alejandro Zambra

4.25

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Diario de paternidad, «carta al hijo» y ficción pura conviven en extraordinaria armonía a lo largo … read more

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"No recuerdo nuestro primer viaje solos, a mis tres o cuatro años, pero él lo ha contado tantas veces que su relato funciona casi como un recuerdo implantado."

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"La biología nos asegura un lugar en sus vidas, pero igual ansiamos que nos elijan como padres. Que alguna vez digan esta frase tan maravillosamente rara: 'Mi padre fue mi verdadero padre'."

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"Me enorgullece que la primera palabra pronunciada por mi hijo, hace cinco días, haya sido, contra toda tendencia estadística, la palabra papá. Ahora la dice a cada rato. Todavía le cuesta, eso sí, ar…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

"La lectura silenciosa es en cierto modo una conquista; quienes leemos en silencio y en soledad aprendemos, justamente, a estar solos, o mejor dicho reconquistamos una soledad menos agresiva, una sole…"

-Alejandro Zambra, Literatura infantil

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18. Liberation Day

By: George Saunders

4.00

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

The "best short story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores i… read more

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"...or said some racist thing out loud at church..."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

" You are trapped in you, the beam said. Yeah, well, who isn’t? she thought."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It is always regrettable to have attracted the attention of adult son Mike."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

"It was always falling down around you, everything has always been falling down around us. Only we were too alive to notice."

-George Saunders, Liberation Day

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19. The City and Its Uncertain Walls

By: Haruki Murakami

3.82

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

'Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessen… read more

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"Vielleicht ist das einer der Problempunkte an der Ewigkeit. Dass man nun mal nicht weiß, wohin man sich fortan wenden soll. Aber was ist eine Liebe wert, die nicht nach Ewigkeit strebt?"

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

"Später war er so freundlich, mir in einem Satz zu erklären, warum er im Alltag immer einen Rock trug. "Vor allem fühle ich mich, wenn ich einen Rock trage, wie die Zeilen eines schönen Gedichts."

-Haruki Murakami, The City and Its Uncertain Walls

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20. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

By: Emil Ferris

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more

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"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

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21. Peregrino transparente

By: Juan Cárdenas

3.90

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Henry Price, pintor inglés al servicio de la Comisión Corográfica, una expedición científica que re… read more

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22. Die Bienen und das Unsichtbare

By: Clemens J. Setz

4.14

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Pure meaning, pure poetry – diese Idee scheint Menschen in allen Jahrhunderten umzutreiben und anzu… read more

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23. Orbitor. Corpul

By: Mircea Cărtărescu

4.36

Format: 440 pages, Paperback

"Peretele era, in intregime, un urias insectar. Ordonati in randuri si coloane, pe toate suprafata … read more

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"Dacă n-ar fi fost mama și tata, prelungiri limpezi dincolo de nașterea mea, și care stăteau jumătate îngropați în nisipul timpului, aș fi crezut și eu că lumea începuse cu mine."

-Mircea Cărtărescu, Orbitor. Corpul

"Cu neputință de spus de ce trăiesc pe lume unii oameni, care mănâncă pe apucate, beau pe apucate, dorm pe apucate și plodesc pe apucate, niciodată cu un gând pentru ziua de mâine, niciodată cu o strâ…"

-Mircea Cărtărescu, Orbitor. Corpul

"Și iată infernul: trupuri goale de bărbați și femei, îmbinându-se unul cu altul în gemete și convulsii, ieșind unul din altul la nesfârșit, sfârtecându-și uterele și vaginele, umplându-și corpii erec…"

-Mircea Cărtărescu, Orbitor. Corpul

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24. Maybe the People Would Be the Times

By: Lucy Sante

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Kindle Edition

In his second collection (after Kill All Your Darlings, 2007), Luc Sante pays homage to Patti Smith… read more

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25. El dique (Blackwater, #2)

By: Michael McDowell

3.82

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, se propone la construcción de un dique que impida un… read more

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"Grace began to understand. "I have friends," she protested. "I have Zaddie." "Zaddie is just a little colored girl," Mary-Love pointed out. "It's all right to play with Zaddie, but she's not your rea…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"Mary-Love liked to see herself as the family cornucopia, dispensing all manner of good things, unstintingly, unceasingly. She considered herself amply rewarded by her children's gratitude, and if she…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"That her niece should find such profound pleasure in the company of a thirteen-year-old black girl--and, more to the point, always within the precincts of Elinor's house--was a slap in Mary-Love's fa…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

"To the little girl the house seemed a gigantic head, and she only a morsel of meat conveniently positioned in its gaping mouth. The front porch was that grinning mouth, the white porch railing its lo…"

-Michael McDowell, El dique (Blackwater, #2)

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26. El estilo de los elementos

By: Rodrigo Fresán

4.29

Format: 688 pages, Paperback

Un fantasma viral recorre el mundo y lo contagia sin remedio con el olvido a la vez que lo inmuniza… read more

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Cover of Cuentos incompletos by T. Coraghessan Boyle

27. Cuentos incompletos

By: T. Coraghessan Boyle

5.00

Format: 768 pages, Paperback

Un chef atormentado por una crítica gastronómica, un asalto nocturno a una granja de pavos, una cas… read more

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Cover of La fortuna (Blackwater, #5) by Michael McDowell

28. La fortuna (Blackwater, #5)

By: Michael McDowell

4.04

Format: 186 pages, Kindle Edition

1946. Come un organismo vivente, la famiglia Caskey si sviluppa e si trasforma. Alcuni affrontano l… read more

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29. A Sunny Place for Shady People

By: Mariana Enríquez

3.81

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A diabolical collection of stories featuring achingly human characters whose lives intertwine with … read more

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  • short stories
Cover of La riada (Blackwater, #1) by Michael McDowell

30. La riada (Blackwater, #1)

By: Michael McDowell

3.74

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Descubre el primer volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Mujeres poderosas que luc… read more

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31. Las ocasiones

By: Rubén Lardín

4.07

Format: 284 pages, Hardcover

Un señor de Barcelona se muda a Madrid. Allí mira el mundo con renovado y madrileño estupor. No sol… read more

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