6 best-selling short stories books like The Dark Waters by Cormac McCarthy

The Dark Waters

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.77

Format: 6 pages, None

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1. The Pastures of Heaven

By: John Steinbeck

4.08

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

Each of these delightful interconnected tales is devoted to a family living in a fertile valley on … read more

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  • short stories
Cover of The Nameless City by H.P. Lovecraft

2. The Nameless City

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.62

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first publishe… read more

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  • short stories
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

"But as always in my strange and roving existence, wonder soon drove out fear; for the luminous abyss and what it might contain presented a problem worthy of the greatest explorer."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

"When I drew nigh the nameless city I knew it was accursed. I was travelling in a parched and terrible valley under the moon, and afar I saw it protruding uncannily above the sands as parts of a corps…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

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3. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier

By: Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill , Ray Zone

3.47

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

England in the mid 1950s is not the same as it was. The powers that be have instituted...some chang… read more

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"Not thou alone, but all humanity doth in its progress fable emulate. Whence came thy rocket-ships and submarine if not from Nautilus, from Cavorite? Your trustiest companions since the cave, we appar…"

-Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier

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4. The Tomb

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.51

Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition

Jervas Dudley was only a child when he found the mausoleum of the Hyde family. The place becomes ve… read more

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  • short stories
"In relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Tomb

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5. Imperial Bedrooms

By: Bret Easton Ellis

3.19

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Twenty-five years on from "Less Than Zero", we pick up again with "Clay". In 1985, Bret Easton … read more

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"Women aren't very bright," Rip says. "Studies have been done."

-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms

"The book was blunt and had an honesty about it, whereas the movie was just a beautiful lie."

-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms

"The real Julian Wells didn't die in a cherry-red convertible, overdosing on a highway in Joshua Tree while a choir soared over the sound track."

-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms

"Her need is so immense that you become surrounded by it; this need is so enormous that you realize you can actually control it, and I know this because I've done it before."

-Bret Easton Ellis, Imperial Bedrooms

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6. Night Train

By: Martin Amis

3.75

Format: None pages, Paperback

Detective Mike Hoolihan has seen it all. A fifteen-year veteran of the force, she's gone from walki… read more

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7. 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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8. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969

By: Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill

4.19

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

The third volume detailing the exploits of Miss Wilhelmina Murray and her extraordinary colleagues,… read more

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9. Dandelion Wine

By: Ray Bradbury

4.08

Format: 239 pages, Paperback

The summer of '28 was a vintage season for a growing boy. A summer of green apple trees, mowed lawn… read more

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"No,"

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

"and sleeping put an end to summer, 1928,"

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

"And the sea moved her back down the shore."

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

"Those women like to see their tongues dance."

-Ray Bradbury, Dandelion Wine

10. La música de Erich Zann

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.00

Format: 16 pages, ebook

"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December … read more

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11. On the Genealogy of Morals

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Douglas Smith

4.13

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. N… read more

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"We are noble, good, beautiful, and happy!"

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

"There is so much in man that is horrifying!.. The world has been a madhouse for too long!..."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

"Somebody said: "About two persons I have never reflected very thoroughly: that is the testimony of my love for them."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

"All concepts in which an entire process is semiotically concentrated elude definition; only that which has no history is definable."

-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals

12. Kick-Ass 2 (Kick-Ass, #2)

By: Mark Millar , John Romita Jr.

3.96

Format: None pages, Hardcover

The sequel to the biggest creator-owned comic of the decade--the one that spawned the number one hi… read more

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13. Água Viva

By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler

4.29

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more

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"I always give names to things"

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

14. In the Distance

By: Hernan Diaz

3.50

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

A young Swedish boy finds himself in penniless and alone in California. He travels East in search o… read more

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15. Twilight of the Idols

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Tracy B. Strong , Richard Polt

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a … read more

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16. The Shards

By: Bret Easton Ellis

4.00

Format: 595 pages, Hardcover

A sensational new novel from the best-selling author of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms that t… read more

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"Non investivo nel mondo reale – perché avrei dovuto? Non era fatto per me o per i miei bisogni o desideri."

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"Eravamo adolescenti, bambini superficialmente sofisticati, che non sapevano davvero nulla di come funzionava il mondo - lo stavamo sperimentando, immagino, ma senza averne cognizione. Almeno fino a q…"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

"And I just stood there in the fading afternoon light, realizing at seventeen that I was already staring into my past — that the past had a meaning that would always define you. I remember this being …"

-Bret Easton Ellis, The Shards

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17. At Night All Blood is Black

By: David Diop

3.82

Format: 145 pages, Hardcover

Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting a… read more

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"La nuit, tous les sangs sont noirs."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"Temporary madness, in war, is bravery's sister."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"Laughter brings laughter and smiles bring smiles."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

"God's truth, each thing carries its opposite within."

-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black

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18. Black Klansman: A Memoir

By: Ron Stallworth

3.61

Format: 191 pages, Hardcover

In 1978 the community of Colorado Springs, Colorado experienced a growth of Ku Klux Klan (KKK) memb… read more

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"In essence, [David Duke] mainstreamed the Klan, making it seem an acceptable and viable alternative for those looking for a means to express their displeasure with the status quo of their lives and g…"

-Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman: A Memoir

"The white nationalist, nativist politics that we see today were first imagined and applied by David Duke during the heyday of his Grand Wizardshop, and the time of my undercover Klan investigation. T…"

-Ron Stallworth, Black Klansman: A Memoir

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19. Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences

By: Michael Lynn Crews

4.16

Format: 356 pages, Hardcover

Cormac McCarthy told an interviewer for the New York Times Magazine that “books are made out of boo… read more

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20. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 4: The Tempest

By: Alan Moore

3.71

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Welcome to the story to end all stories. Two decades of literary League lunacy have all been buildi… read more

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21. The Dark Waters

By: Cormac McCarthy

3.77

Format: 6 pages, None

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All-Star Superman, Vol. 2

Grant Morrison , Frank Quitely

4.33

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Hellboy, Vol. 9: The Wild Hunt

Mike Mignola , Duncan Fegredo

4.48

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Bram Stoker

3.60

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3.69

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