21 must-read short stories books like Las moscas by Horacio Quiroga

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Las moscas

By: Horacio Quiroga

3.14

Format: None pages, ebook

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Cover of Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa

1. Chronicle of a Death Foretold

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Gregory Rabassa

3.97

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

A man returns to the town where a baffling murder took place twenty-seven years earlier, determined… read more

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"الشرف هو الحب" , هكذا كنت أسمع أمي تقول"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"Ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"...ningún lugar de la vida es más triste que una cama vacía."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

"He always considered death an unavoidable professional hazard."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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2. 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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"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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3. The Oval Portrait

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.94

Format: None pages,

In this story of artistic obsession, a wounded man finds shelter in an abandoned chteau in the Appe… read more

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  • short stories
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4. Berenice

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.00

Format: 12 pages, Paperback

Bereniceis a horror short story by Edgar Allan Poe. The tale is centered on the death of a young gi… read more

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5. ¡Diles que no me maten! (Clásicos ilustrados latinoamericanos)

By: Juan Rulfo , None

4.14

Format: 512 pages, Hardcover

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6. La noche de los feos

By: Mario Benedetti

3.75

Format: None pages,

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7. Luvina

By: Juan Rulfo

4.00

Format: None pages, ebook

"De los cerros altos del sur, el de Luvina es el mas alto y el mas pedregoso. Esta plagado de esa p… read more

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8. Mile 81

By: Stephen King

4.31

Format: 110 pages, ebook

At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop on a highway in Maine. It's a place wher… read more

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  • short stories
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9. The Sentinel

By: Arthur C. Clarke

3.86

Format: 568 pages, Paperback

Few masters of science fiction have brought us glimpses of the near future as vividly as Arthur C. … read more

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10. Un artista del trapecio

By: Franz Kafka

3.16

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The story concerns a trapeze artist who wants to remain on his trapeze at all times, and never come… read more

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11. 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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12. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more

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"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

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13. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his … read more

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14. Pickman's Model

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.49

Format: 288 pages, ebook

"Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first publishe… read more

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15. El inmortal

By: Jorge Luis Borges

3.78

Format: 112 pages, ebook

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16. The Outsider

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.10

Format: 290 pages,

"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March an… read more

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17. The Eyes Have It

By: Philip K. Dick

4.05

Format: 336 pages, ebook

It was quite by accident I discovered this incredible invasion of Earth by lifeforms from another p… read more

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18. A Perfect Day for Bananafish

By: J.D. Salinger

4.70

Format: 84 pages,

"A Perfect Day for Bananafish" is a short story by J. D. Salinger, originally published in the Janu… read more

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19. The War of the Worlds

By: H.G. Wells , Arthur C. Clarke

3.83

Format: 192 pages, Paperback

When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the a… read more

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"We will peck them to death tomorrow, my dear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one"

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

"That's what we are now—just ants. Only——" "Yes," I said. "We're eatable ants."

-H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds

20. Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

By: Charles Perrault , Marcia Brown

3.76

Format: 205 pages, Hardcover

Brown's illustrated translation of Perrault's tale in which Cinderella leaves behind a glass slippe… read more

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21. Un señor muy viejo con unas alas enormes

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Carme Solé Vendrell

3.54

Format: None pages,

"A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" is a short story that begins with a couple, Pelayo and Elisend… read more

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22. El Aleph

By: Jorge Luis Borges

4.29

Format: 16 pages, ebook

Cuento "El Aleph", de Jorge Luis Borges, originalmente publicado en el libro El Aleph, en 1949. read more

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"La segunda, que un famoso poeta es menos inventor que descubridor."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

"Dilatar la vida de los hombres era dilatar su agonía y multiplicar el numero de sus muertes."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

"Un hombre se confunde, gradualmente, con la forma de su destino; un hombre es, a la larga, sus circunstancias."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

"I am not certain whether I ever believed in the City of the Immortals; I think the task of finding it was enough for me."

-Jorge Luis Borges, El Aleph

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23. The Library of Babel

By: Jorge Luis Borges , Andrew Hurley , Erik Desmazieres

4.35

Format: 36 pages, Hardcover

Jorge Luis Borges's famous 1941 meditation on language, alphabets, and the library that contains al… read more

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"O Time thy pyramids."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

"The Library is a sphere whose exact centre is any one of its hexagons and whose circumference is inaccessible."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

"If honor and wisdom and happiness are not for me, let them be for others. Let heaven exist, though my place be in hell."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

"The universe (which others call the Library) is composed of an indefinite, perhaps infinite number of hexagonal galleries."

-Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel

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24. The Monkey's Paw

By: W.W. Jacobs

3.84

Format: 32 pages, Library Binding

When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more

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"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."

-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw

25. Sleeping Beauty

By: Jacob Grimm , Maja Dusíková

4.64

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Maja Dusikova's beautiful illustrations make this retelling of the classic Brother's Grimm story a … read more

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26. Breakfast at Tiffany's

By: Truman Capote

3.83

Format: 373 pages, Paperback

In this seductive, wistful masterpiece, Truman Capote created a woman whose name has entered the Am… read more

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27. Laurie

By: Stephen King

3.67

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Short story about a widower and an unwanted dog, foisted on him by his sister. read more

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"Puppies are God’s idea of a perfect workout program."

-Stephen King, Laurie

"Una persona en duelo necesita mantener la mente ocupada.."

-Stephen King, Laurie

"It was life, you were stuck with it, and all you could do was live it."

-Stephen King, Laurie

"Could you control how your mind sorted things? No more than you could control your dreams?"

-Stephen King, Laurie

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28. Almuerzo en el café Gotham

By: Stephen King

3.37

Format: 96 pages, ebook

Un hombre llamado Steve Davis llega a casa un día para encontrar una carta de su esposa, Diane, ind… read more

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29. Las moscas

By: Horacio Quiroga

3.14

Format: None pages, ebook

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30. Nizu: La niña de un solo ojo (cáp.1) (Nizu (en español)) (Spanish Edition)

By: Leen iO

3.84

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Sumérgete en el encantador mundo de "Nizu" de Leen iO, una cautivadora serie de manga que comienza … read more

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31. The Ugly Little Boy [Short-story]

By: Isaac Asimov

4.25

Format: None pages, Audio Cassette

"The Ugly Little Boy" is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. The story first appeared in… read more

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The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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