Browse by Category
- Architecture
- Art
- Bibles
- Biography & Autobiography
- Body, Mind & Spirit
- Business & Economics
- Computers
- Cooking
- Crafts & Hobbies
- Drama
- Education
- Family & Relationships
- Fiction General
- Games & Activities
- Gardening
- Health & Fitness
- History
- House & Home
- Humor
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Language Arts & Disciplines
- Law
- Literary Collections
- Literary Criticism
- Mathematics
- Medical
- Music
- Nature
- Performing Arts
- Pets
- Philosophy
- Poetry
- Political Science
Fiction - Short Stories (single author)
"This dazzling collection interrogates the fractures, collisions
and glorious new alloys of what it means to be a Chinese
millennial. Xuan Juliana Wang has the dark soul of an old poet's
inkwell, the deep knowing of an ancient remedy, and linguistic
incandescence of a megacity skyline.
From an award-winning science fiction writer (whose short story
"The Story of Your Life" was the basis for the Academy
Award-nominated movie Arrival), the long-awaited new
collection of stunningly original, humane, and already celebrated
short stories
This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters.
This much-anticipated second collection of stories is signature Ted Chiang, full of revelatory ideas and deeply sympathetic characters.
Since its publication in 1996, George Saunders’s debut collection has grown in esteem from a cherished cult classic to a masterpiece of the form, inspiring an entire generation of writers along the way. In six stories and a novella, Saunders hatches an unforgettable cast of characters, each struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world.
Written from behind bars, DAWN is the unforgettable story
collection from one of Turkey’s leading politicians, and most
powerful oppositional voices.
From the dynamic political force ‘who has evoked comparisons to President Obama’ (New York Times), Selahattin Demirtaş’ stories capture the voices of ordinary people living in extraordinary times – from cleaning ladies and teenage laborers, bus drivers and factory workers, from a violent demonstration in Ankara to a five-year-old girl’s attempt to escape war-torn Syria by boat.
From the dynamic political force ‘who has evoked comparisons to President Obama’ (New York Times), Selahattin Demirtaş’ stories capture the voices of ordinary people living in extraordinary times – from cleaning ladies and teenage laborers, bus drivers and factory workers, from a violent demonstration in Ankara to a five-year-old girl’s attempt to escape war-torn Syria by boat.
Latinas of Indigenous descent living in the American West take
center stage in this haunting debut story collection—a
powerful meditation on friendship, mothers and daughters, and the
deep-rooted truths of our homelands.
Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Indigenous Latina characters and the land they inhabit.
Kali Fajardo-Anstine’s magnetic story collection breathes life into her Indigenous Latina characters and the land they inhabit.
"The confession of a neighborhood, channeled through a literary
prodigy."--Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day and
Pym
In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age.
In the city of Houston - a sprawling, diverse microcosm of America - the son of a black mother and a Latino father is coming of age.
"A beautifully written and beautifully conceived series of
stories about, well, conception...Among the thousands of books for
prospective and new parents, I doubt any will make you feel more
understood and less alone than this one."--ANTHONY DOERR,
author of ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
A candid, ultimately buoyant debut story collection about the realities of the "baby years," whether you're having one or not
The women in Polly Rosenwaike's Look How Happy I'm Making You want to be mothers, or aren't sure they want to be mothers, or--having recently given birth--are overwhelmed by what they've wrought.
A candid, ultimately buoyant debut story collection about the realities of the "baby years," whether you're having one or not
The women in Polly Rosenwaike's Look How Happy I'm Making You want to be mothers, or aren't sure they want to be mothers, or--having recently given birth--are overwhelmed by what they've wrought.
A powerful, eerily unsettling story collection from a major
international literary star.
Unearthly and unexpected, the stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary, masterful collection.
Unearthly and unexpected, the stories in Mouthful of Birds burrow their way into your psyche and don't let go. Samanta Schweblin haunts and mesmerizes in this extraordinary, masterful collection.
From one of China’s most famous contemporary writers, who
celebrated novel To Live catapulted him to international
fame, here is a stunning collection of stories, selected from the
best of Yu Hua’s early work, that shows his far-reaching
influence on a pivotal period in Chinese literature.
Danzy Senna's You Are Free is now available for the first
time in audio.
Each of these eight remarkable stories by Danzy Senna tightrope-walks tantalizingly, sometimes frighteningly, between defined states. life with and without mates and children, the familiar if constraining reference points provided by race, class, and gender.
Each of these eight remarkable stories by Danzy Senna tightrope-walks tantalizingly, sometimes frighteningly, between defined states. life with and without mates and children, the familiar if constraining reference points provided by race, class, and gender.
An exquisite new collection of short stories from award-winning
author Simon Van Booy.
Over the past decade, Simon Van Booy has been listening to people’s stories. With these personal accounts as a starting point, he has crafted a powerful collection of short fiction that takes readers into the innermost lives of everyday people.
Over the past decade, Simon Van Booy has been listening to people’s stories. With these personal accounts as a starting point, he has crafted a powerful collection of short fiction that takes readers into the innermost lives of everyday people.
Rudyard Kipling’s best-loved book, full of timeless and
beloved tales of adventure
The story of Mowgli, the abandoned "man-cub" who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created.
The story of Mowgli, the abandoned "man-cub" who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created.
