7 Best short stories books like Madam Høiers Leiefolk by Amalie Skram

Madam Høiers Leiefolk

By: Amalie Skram

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

Novellen fremstiller en fattig arbeiderfamilie som losjerer hos madam Høier. Familien består av et …

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Cover of Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë, Angeline Goreau

1. Agnes Grey

By: Anne Brontë , Angeline Goreau

3.71

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

An alternate cover edition can be found here. Drawing heavily from personal experience, Anne Bro… read more

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"Dakle,"

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"No one cares for the exterior."

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"But, God knows best, I concluded."

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

"If you require perfection, you never will"

-Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey

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2. The Old Age of El Magnifico

By: Doris Lessing

3.84

Format: 37 pages, Hardcover

In her early, celebrated collection of stories, "Particularly Cats & Rufus the Survivor", Doris Les… read more

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  • short stories
"What a luxury a cat is, the moments of shocking and startling pleasure in a day, the feel of the beast, the soft sleekness under your palm, the warmth when you wake on a cold night, the grace and cha…"

-Doris Lessing, The Old Age of El Magnifico

Cover of Things I Don't Want to Know by Deborah Levy

3. Things I Don't Want to Know

By: Deborah Levy

4.09

Format: 109 pages, Hardcover

'Perhaps when Orwell described sheer egoism as a necessary quality for a writer, he was not thinkin… read more

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"Now that we were mothers we were all shadows of our former selves, chased by the women we used to be before we had children."

-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know

"When happiness is happening it feels as if nothing else happened before it, it is a sensation that happens only in the present tense."

-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know

"The fact that lipstick and mascara and eye shadow were called 'Make Up' thrilled me. Everywhere in the world there were made up people and most of them were women."

-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know

"To become a WRITER I had to learn to INTERRUPT, to speak up, to speak a little louder, and then LOUDER, and then to just speak in my own voice which is NOT LOUD AT ALL."

-Deborah Levy, Things I Don't Want to Know

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4. Hedda Gabler

By: Henrik Ibsen , William Archer

3.93

Format: None pages, Paperback

Hedda Gabler, the daughter of a deceased General, marries dull George Tesman and foresees a life of… read more

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5. American hotel

By: Sara Stridsberg

3.64

Format: None pages, Paperback

Det har ar berattelsen om Carter. Som saljer bilforsakringar och som genom ett telefonsamtal lar ka… read more

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6. The Legacy

By: Virginia Woolf

4.12

Format: 29 pages, ebook

This is an e-publication of one short story. The free download link for this book is below under "d… read more

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  • short stories

7. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

By: Raymond Carver

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Alternate-cover edition can be found  In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more

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8. Apollo

By: None

3.82

Format: 295 pages, ebook

"Nothing changed when Raphael came to live with us, not at first." read more

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9. Practicalities

By: Marguerite Duras , Barbara Bray

4.50

Format: 34 pages, Paperback

"It's the women who upset the applecart. Between themselves they talk only about the practicalities… read more

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10. A Brief History of Feminism

By: Sophie Lewis , None , None

4.28

Format: 364 pages, Hardcover

The history of feminism? The right to vote, Susan B. Anthony, Gloria Steinem, white pantsuits? Oh, … read more

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11. Jar City (Inspector Erlendur, #3)

By: Bernard Scudder , Arnaldur Indriðason

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

When a lonely old man is found murdered in his Reykjavik flat, the only clues are a cryptic note le… read more

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12. Pan: From Lieutenant Thomas Glahn's Papers

By: Knut Hamsun , Sverre Lyngstad

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

A lone hunter accompanied only by his faithful dog, Aesop, Thomas Glahn roams Norway's northernmost… read more

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13. Shame

By: Annie Ernaux

3.67

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon." Thus begins Shame, … read more

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"People are forever remembering."

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

"We have no true memory of ourselves."

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

"Le pire dans la honte, c'est qu'on croit être seul à la ressentir"

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

"anyone who doesn't speak "the way we do" is, to some extent, labeled a foreigner."

-Annie Ernaux, Shame

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14. We Had to Remove This Post

By: Hanna Bervoets

2.93

Format: 136 pages, Hardcover

For readers of Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny or Ling Ma's Severance: a tight, propulsive, chill… read more

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  • short stories
"Yena's insecurities were soap bubbles that I had to keep popping, like in that game you play on your phone, but new ones kept appearing and I didn't want to lose, I didn't want to lose her,..."

-Hanna Bervoets, We Had to Remove This Post

"They want me to give them something new, things they'd never dare look at, things that are far beyond their imagination, which is why Gregory asks, "But whats the worst thing you ever saw?" rather th…"

-Hanna Bervoets, We Had to Remove This Post

Cover of Jeg anerkender ikke længere jeres autoritet by Glenn Bech

15. Jeg anerkender ikke længere jeres autoritet

By: Glenn Bech

4.30

Format: 329 pages, Paperback

JEG ANERKENDER IKKE LÆNGERE JERES AUTORITET er et indigneret, selvudleverende og ømt manifest om kl… read more

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16. Tollak til Ingeborg

By: Tore Renberg

4.24

Format: 167 pages, Hardcover

Dei kallar han Tollak til Ingeborg. Den gamle stabukken som bur oppe ved sagplassen. Alle veit at h… read more

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17. Bränn alla mina brev

By: Alex Schulman

3.98

Format: 274 pages, Hardcover

Tre tidsperspektiv. Två generationer. En hemlighet. Det är 1989 och Alex är på ett ödesdigert be… read more

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"Ett människosorl som är nära men ändå så långt borta att ingen förväntar sig av henne att hon ska delta i det. Det är här hon vill vara. Ensam tillsammans med andra. I mitten av allt, men ändå utanför"

-Alex Schulman, Bränn alla mina brev

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18. Pumpkinheads

By: Rainbow Rowell

4.03

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

In Pumpkinheads author Rainbow Rowell and artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this ten… read more

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"...I'm your friend. And friends don't let friends live small lives."

-Rainbow Rowell, Pumpkinheads

Cover of A Crown This Cold and Heavy (Kingdom of Lies, #3) by Stacia Stark

19. A Crown This Cold and Heavy (Kingdom of Lies, #3)

By: Stacia Stark

4.20

Format: 532 pages, Kindle Edition

The unimaginable has happened, And none of our lives will ever be the same. Surrounded by enemi… read more

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"The price of love was loss. We all paid it eventually."

-Stacia Stark, A Crown This Cold and Heavy (Kingdom of Lies, #3)

"Denial might seem the easier path, brushing aside these truths as mere fabrication. Yet, a moment of reckoning is upon each of us. Will you rise, defending future generations and guarding the innocen…"

-Stacia Stark, A Crown This Cold and Heavy (Kingdom of Lies, #3)

Cover of A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty (Kingdom of Lies, #2) by Stacia Stark

20. A Kingdom This Cursed and Empty (Kingdom of Lies, #2)

By: Stacia Stark

4.10

Format: 536 pages, Kindle Edition

Risk everything for your kingdom… Or be destroyed by it. In a world darkened by deceit, the tru… read more

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Cover of The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1) by Elodie Harper

21. The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)

By: Elodie Harper

4.05

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Sold by her mother. Enslaved in Pompeii's brothel. Determined to survive. Her name is Amara. Welcom… read more

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"Amara looks at Dido, at the joy on her face, and realises there is nobody she loves more. Warmth spreads through her. She has never had a friend like Dido. She is the light in the darkness of her lif…"

-Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)

"Amara thinks of her time as a slave in Chremes' household. It does not cheer her up to see parallels between her past and that of the destitute old woman beside her. "You didn't start life as a slave…"

-Elodie Harper, The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy, #1)

22. En Julgäst

By: Selma Lagerlöf

3.41

Format: None pages, ebook

Publicerades 1894 som del av "Osynliga länkar", en novellsamling. read more

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  • short stories
Cover of Kärleksprövningen by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

23. Kärleksprövningen

By: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

3.22

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

De två väninnorna Angeline och Faustina återförenas efter ett par år isär. Mycket har hänt under de… read more

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  • short stories
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24. Jeg vil våkne til verden

By: Karoline Brændjord

4.15

Format: 78 pages, Paperback

Kan man forsones med å være forlatt? Hvor skal man vende seg når en mor tar livet sitt? Hvordan erk… read more

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25. Madam Høiers Leiefolk

By: Amalie Skram

3.59

Format: None pages, Paperback

Novellen fremstiller en fattig arbeiderfamilie som losjerer hos madam Høier. Familien består av et … read more

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  • short stories
Cover of Krøblingen by H. C. Andersen

26. Krøblingen

By: H. C. Andersen

3.52

Format: 17 pages, Paperback

Hans kunne fornemme sit eget varme blod i dig; men det tænkte han ikke på, han tænkte kun på katten… read more

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Cover of Menneskekærlighed by Marie Bregendahl

27. Menneskekærlighed

By: Marie Bregendahl

3.37

Format: 25 pages, Paperback

Men så når de dage kom, hvor arbejdet ikke skred, de afmægtige stunder, hvis pine og nedtrykthed en… read more

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28. En juleaften i det fremmede (Danish Edition)

By: Herman Bang

2.78

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

En juleaften i det fremmede foregår i Prag i dagene omkring julen 1885, hvor Herman Bang på levede … read more

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29. Enlig

By: Erna Juel-Hansen

4.00

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Et besynderligt velvære listede sig over hende. Hun lænede hovedet mod væggen, det snurrede en gans… read more

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30. Ud fra mørket

By: Victoria Benedictsson

3.75

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

Jeg lærte at forstå mænds tankegang, jeg lærte at udskille hver nuance af medynk og ringeagt, der k… read more

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31. Arme søster

By: Karin Michaëlis

3.33

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

Hun satte flasken, den samme, for munden og lod som om hun drak: ”Uh nej, det brænder i halsen. Sk… read more

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