Short Stories

Author: Souvankham Thammavongsa Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the PEN Open Book Award, and winner of the 2020 Giller...

Author: Jack Wang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Praised as "utterly remarkable" and "deeply resonant" by Pulitzer Prize-winning authors Viet Thanh Nguyen and Robert Olen Butler, a bold and...

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Bold and beautiful... a book we need right now ? Chika Unigwe A stunning debut ? Yomi Sode Finally, a new era of sci-fi is upon us ? Dr Anne-Marie...

Author: Cathy Thomas Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 'A beautiful and darkly funny book of linked stories covering two decades in the lives of a group of people on...

Walter Tevis is widely regarded as a master for both his gritty poolhall novels and his brilliant rendering of the world of competitive chess. This long overdue collection establishes Tevis's...

Celebrating Hay's 30th birthday next year, this is an anthology of short stories from the best 39 Latin American authors under 40. With authors from 15 different countries, this really...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'I'm not the sort of husband you dream of when you're walking alone along the avenue in the evening, am I?...

First paperback publication of Italo Calvino's phenomenally funny account of the universe as a cosmic joke Enchanting stories about the evolution of the universe, with characters that are fashioned from...

Welcome to New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller Brandon Sanderson's first collection of short fiction. These wonderful works, originally published individually, have been collected for the first time and...

'One of my favourite books by one of my favourite Argentinian authors' Samanta Schweblin, author of Little Eyes Dazzling and hallucinatory, the stories collected here recall the masters of magical...

The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's timeless coming-of-age novella, The Body - set in Castle Rock and originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted...

In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irrestistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is...

A collection of diamond-sharp stories from an award-winning writer, for fans of Eliza Clark's She's Always Hungry and Carmen Maria Machado's Her Body and Other Parties . What happens when...

A masterfully rendered volume of Chekhov's stories from famed translators Pevear and Volokhonsky Chekhov's genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but none more...

'Enchanting...intriguing [...] A wonderfully surreal quality and a hip, witty tone.' The Wall Street Journal Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE A Granta Best Young British Novelist 'A thrilling love for the stuff of language ... Magical' JON McGREGOR 'Poignant and playful' DAILY MAIL...

Britain's national treasure Michael Rosen delivers a silly, mind-fizzing collection of heartwarming true tales perfect for bedtime. For kids aged 6 to 106! These totally true (and very silly) stories...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Criminally clever' Daily Mail 'The perfect holiday treat' Guardian This collection of tales by the No 1 bestselling author features all her best-loved characters: Dr...

A page-turning collection of dark and twisted crime stories from the international bestselling author of the Harry Hole series. **THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR** **Shortlisted for the Crime Writers'...

In this haunting, magical fairy-tale collection, Oscar Wilde beautifully evokes (among others) the Happy Prince who was not so happy after all, the Selfish Giant who learned to love little...

Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling tales of the supernatural Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings,...

From the Number One bestselling author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, a gemlike collection of unforgettable short stories in which nothing is quite what it seems... Discover...

Turgenev's collection of insights into Russia and the lives of those who live there Turgenev's first major prose work is a series of twenty-five Sketches- the observations and anecdotes of...

A collection of some of Dostoyevsky's finest short stories With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky's early short stories contain the seeds...

Newly re-jacketed for a new generation, the bestselling collection by the greatest short story writer in the world and winner of the Man Booker International Prize. The matchless Munro makes...

A triptych of allegorical fables told in Calvino's ingenious genre-defying style. Viscount Medardo is bisected by a Turkish cannonball on the plains of Bohemia; Baron Cosimo, at the age of...

Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting Ernest Hemingway's classic portrait of the pageantry of bullfighting. 'I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and...

A selection of ground-breaking short stories, from the author of Mrs Dalloway Virginia Woolf tested the boundaries of fiction in these short stories, developing a new language of sensation, feeling...

One of America's best-loved short stories, plus other tales, in a handsome, collectible edition. Washington Irving's short stories have captured the imaginations of generations since the early nineteenth century. Now...

In one new volume, an irresistible collection of stories from two previous works, SMILE and CHANGING BABIES, with additional stories, previously unpublished in book form.'What informs Moggach's excellent stories is...

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection Scattered Showers, she...

Author: Various VariousFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 198mm, 290g, 336 pagesPublished: Bonnier Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2020Hot on the heels of the 500 Words: Black Lives Matter competition hosted by Virgin...

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Author: Cathy Sweeney Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 160 There once was ... a woman who loved her husband's cock so much that she began taking it to work in...

Author: Diane Cook Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 *SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015* SHORTLISTED FOR THE LA TIMES BOOKS PRIZE 2015 A SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE NOTABLE...

Author: Julia Eccleshare Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 A classic collection of tales to tell children of about four, featuring beloved characters and lively stories, by Michael Bond, Jill...

Author: Ben Clanton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 64 Narwhal and Jelly are back in action for a SUPER adventure - join Super Narwhal and sidekick Jelly Jolt in three...

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Author: Bolu Babalola Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER As seen on BBC2 Between the Covers 'Beautifully written and full of joy. Bolu Babalola is a...

Short Stories : and now for something completely different, as they once said in a famous film. Over more than 45 years Derryn Hinch has written 19 books from novels...

A charming new paperback edition of one of J.R.R. Tolkien's major pieces of short fiction, and his only finished work dating from after the publication of The Lord of the...

Has any other filmmaker become so famous that he has also become an adjective? A collection of brand new stories directly inspired by the master of suspense. The Sunday Times...

An unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for young and adult learners. "I love Olly's work - and you will too!" - Barbara Oakley, PhD, Author of...

A beautifully packaged, illustrated collection of twenty rediscovered early short stories by award-winning and bestselling author, Sir Terry Pratchett. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER - A truly unmissable, beautifully...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2024 'Any book by Yiyun Li is a cause for celebration' SIGRID NUNEZ 'One of our finest living authors' NEW YORK TIMES 'Bruising,...

Never before translated short stories by the legendary genius gota Krist f I don't care- it's not even pretty. The song is sad, and old, so old. I Don't Care...