13 must-read short stories books like Water Child by Edwidge Danticat

Cover of Water Child by Edwidge Danticat

Water Child

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.75

Format: None pages, None

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If you liked the short stories plot in Water Child by Edwidge Danticat , here is a list of 13 books like this:

Cover of I Bought a Little City by Donald Barthelme

1. I Bought a Little City

By: Donald Barthelme

3.48

Format: 13 pages, Kindle Edition

"I Bought a Little City [is] a take on the role that a writer has in writing a story - playing god,… read more

Similar categories in Donald Barthelme's I Bought a Little City book and Edwidge Danticat's Water Child

  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Signs and Symbols by Vladimir Nabokov

2. Signs and Symbols

By: Vladimir Nabokov

4.00

Format: 202 pages, Collection

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Similar categories in Vladimir Nabokov's Signs and Symbols book and Edwidge Danticat's Water Child

  • short stories
Cover of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson

3. The Lottery

By: Shirley Jackson

4.05

Format: 30 pages, Paperback

In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more

Similar categories in Shirley Jackson's The Lottery book and Edwidge Danticat's Water Child

  • short stories
"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."

-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery

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4. Emergency

By: Denis Johnson

4.38

Format: None pages, Podcast

I'd like to strongly recommend that you listen to this month's fiction podcast, in which Tobias Wol… read more

Similar categories in Denis Johnson's Emergency book and Edwidge Danticat's Water Child

  • short stories
Cover of The Jockey by Carson McCullers

5. The Jockey

By: Carson McCullers

4.11

Format: 98 pages,

The Jockeyis a short story set among the horse racing circles of Depression era America. Published … read more

Similar categories in Carson McCullers's The Jockey book and Edwidge Danticat's Water Child

  • short stories

6. Reunion

By: John Cheever , Richard Ford

3.85

Format: 370 pages, Paperback

Father & Son, New York City, Grand Central Station. Short story in which the narrator recalls the l… read more

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7. Half of a Yellow Sun

By: None

3.73

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie weaves together the lives of three characters swept up in the turbulence o… read more

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8. When we were nearly young

By: Mavis Gallant

3.19

Format: None pages, magazine

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  • short stories
Cover of The Wood Duck by James Thurber

9. The Wood Duck

By: James Thurber

3.03

Format: 10 pages, Audiobook

Jonathan Lethem reads James Thurber’s short story “The Wood Duck.” Story about a wood duck who l… read more

Similar categories in James Thurber's The Wood Duck book and Edwidge Danticat's Water Child

  • short stories
Cover of Graven Image by John O'Hara

10. Graven Image

By: John O'Hara

2.71

Format: None pages, magazine

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  • short stories
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11. The Man of the World

By: Frank O'Connor

3.59

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
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12. Brothers and Sisters Around the World

By: Andrea Lee

3.77

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Los niños se aburren los domingos by Jean Stafford

13. Los niños se aburren los domingos

By: Jean Stafford

3.79

Format: 362 pages, Paperback

Los niños se aburren los domingos es una selección de los mejores relatos de Jean Stafford, ganador… read more

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  • short stories
Cover of Baader-Meinhof by Don DeLillo

14. Baader-Meinhof

By: Don DeLillo

3.79

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Water Child by Edwidge Danticat

15. Water Child

By: Edwidge Danticat

3.75

Format: None pages, None

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Similar categories in Edwidge Danticat's Water Child book and Edwidge Danticat's Water Child

  • short stories
  • audiobook

5 must-read audiobook books like Water Child by Edwidge Danticat

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I Bought a Little City

Donald Barthelme

3.48

Transform Your Habits

The Man of the World

Frank O'Connor

3.59

Transform Your Habits

Brothers and Sisters Around the World

Andrea Lee

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Baader-Meinhof

Don DeLillo

3.79

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9 Best audiobook books like The Man of the World by Frank O'Connor

Transform Your Habits

I Bought a Little City

Donald Barthelme

3.48

Transform Your Habits

The Kreutzer Sonata

Doris Lessing , Leo Tolstoy , Isai Kamen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

Mansfield Park

Jane Austen

3.87

Transform Your Habits

The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

Dan Simmons

3.77

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