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1	Eclipse more books like this by Stephenie Meyer The author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Twilight" and "New Moon" delivers the much-anticipated third novel in this engrossing series. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella Swan once again finds herself surrounded by danger. see all copies from £6.21! new only from £9.88! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Just After Sunset: Stories more books like this by Stephen King Following his two recent critically acclaimed bestsellers, "Duma Key" and "Lisey's Story," celebrated author King delivers a stunning collection of short stories, his first in six years. see all copies from £13.23! new only from £13.23! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	Unaccustomed Earth more books like this by Jhumpa Lahiri Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lahiri delivers eight dazzling stories that take readers from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand as they explore the secrets at the heart of family life. see all copies from £12.04! new only from £12.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Interpreter of Maladies more books like this by Jhumpa Lahiri Pulitzer-winning, scintillating studies in yearning and exile from a Bengali Bostonian woman of immense promise. A couple exchange unprecedented confessions during nightly blackouts in their Boston apartment as they struggle to cope with a heartbreaking loss; a student arrives in new lodgings in a mystifying new land and, while he awaits the ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £6.51! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Different Seasons more books like this by Stephen King "Apt Pupil" is taken from the collection, "Different Seasons" and has been made into a film, starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. A teenager makes the acquaintance of a Nazi war criminal and becomes his "pupil", promising to remain silent if the man tells him of the concentration camp atrocities. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	My Ántonia more books like this by Willa Cather "My Antonia," by Willa Cather, is part of the "Barnes & Noble Classics"" "series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of "Barnes & Noble Classics": New introductions ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £4.21! \| first editions
7	Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays more books like this by David Sedaris In David Sedaris's world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred. A manic cross between Mark Leyner, Fran Lebowitz, and the National Enquirer, Sedaris's collection of essays is a rollicking tour through the national Zeitgeist: a do-it-yourself suburban dad saves money by performing home surgery; a man who is loved too much flees the heavyweight ... see all copies from £5.22! new only from £6.85! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Haunted more books like this by Chuck Palahniuk Cult favorite Chuck Palahniuk outgrosses even himself in this series of grotesque tales about a group of writers at a three-month writing retreat at an old theater. In a scheme to become rich and famous when they later write about their ordeal, they embark on an experience of extreme communal brutality--eventually even consuming parts of each ... see all copies from £2.11! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Complete Stories more books like this by Flannery O'Connor A complete collection of Flannery O'Connor's stories. They explore the social and personal tensions of the American South - between youth and age, gentility and poverty, enlightment and bigotry. see all copies from £5.86! new only from £10.60! \| first editions
10	Dubliners more books like this by James Joyce "Dubliners" is arguably the best-known and most influential collection of short stories written in English, and has been since its publication in 1914. Through what Joyce described as their "style of scrupulous meanness," the stories present a direct, sometimes searing view of Dublin in the early twentieth century. The text of this Norton Critical ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway more books like this by Ernest Hemingway Hemingway's short stories are considered his best work because of their controlled economy, the simplicity of their language, and Hemingway's constant struggle to get to the truth in a situation. see all copies from £6.36! new only from £13.07! \| first editions
12 view cover	Drown more books like this by Junot Díaz A debut collection of stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey. First published in 1996. see all copies from £5.39! new only from £8.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Brief Interviews with Hideous Men more books like this by David Foster Wallace In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her ... see all copies from £7.33! new only from £7.33! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Franny and Zooey more books like this by J D Salinger The book comprises a novella and a short story, both about members of Salinger's famous Glass family, the central figures in most of his later fiction. In "Franny," a bright college student (Franny Glass), like Holden Caulfield in THE CATCHER IN THE RYE, is unable to resolve the conflict between her deepest self and the superficiality of the world ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £5.86! \| first editions
15 view cover	Breakfast at Tiffanys more books like this by Truman Capote With her blond hair, upturned nose and black dresses, Holly Golightly is a sensation wherever she goes. Her apartment vibrates with parties as she plays hostess to millionaires and gangsters alike. Yet she never loses sight of her goal - to find a place like Tiffany's that makes her feel at home. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £7.33! \| first editions
16 view cover	Quantum of Solace more books like this by Ian Fleming Many of Fleming's short stories have been the inspiration for the extremely successful James Bond film franchise. The title story in this collection, Quantum of Solace, lends its name to the upcoming Bond film, slated for a fall 2008 release. see all copies from £2.07! new only from £5.61!
17 view cover	20th Century Ghosts more books like this by Joe Hill This award-winning collection of short fiction by the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Heart-Shaped Box" leads readers into a maze filled with exits into a vast country of the surreal. Available for the first time in the U.S., this volume includes an exclusive bonus story. see all copies from £5.89! new only from £6.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Winesburg Ohio more books like this by Sherwood Anderson ...there is within every human being a deep well of thinking over which a heavy iron lid is kept clamped. Winesburg, Ohio (1919) is Sherwood Anderson's masterpiece, a cycle of short stories concerning life in a small Ohio town at the end of the nineteenth century. At the centre is George Willard, a young reporter who becomes the confidant of the ... see all copies from £1.92! new only from £3.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Return of the Native more books like this by Thomas Hardy One of Hardy's classic statements about modern love, courtship, and marriage, The Return of the Native is set in the pastoral village of Egdon Heath. The fiery Eustacia Vye, wishing only for passionate love, believes that her escape from Egdon lies in her marriage to Clym Yeobright, the returning "native, " home from Paris and discontented with ... see all copies from £1.41! new only from £1.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The best of H.P. Lovecraft : bloodcurdling tales of horror and the macabre more books like this by H. P. Lovecraft This book collects sixteen of the best stories by the vastly influential horror writer. see all copies from £7.41! new only from £9.33! \| first editions
21 view cover	Nightmares and Dreamscapes more books like this by Stephen King A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. This collection of Stephen King stories takes a roller-coaster ride through the macabre and monstrous, via explorations of good and evil. see all copies from £1.41! new only from £6.49! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders more books like this by Neil Gaiman (Narrator) The author of the #1 "New York Times" bestselling "Anansi Boys" releases his second collection of short fiction. "Fragile Things" includes a novella featuring the hero of Gaiman's masterpiece "American Gods" and charts the terrain between life and death, perception and reality, darkness and light. see all copies from £3.13! new only from £5.65! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories more books like this by Ben Fountain The well-intentioned protagonists of "Brief Encounters with Che Guevara" are caught -- to both disastrous and hilarious effect -- in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. In "Near-Extinct Birds of the Central Cordillera," an ornithologist being held hostage in the Colombian rain forest finds that he respects his captors ... see all copies from £6.27! new only from £6.36! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Weight of Glory more books like this by C S Lewis Examining the difference between unselfishness and love, these nine classic sermons on faith, delivered during World War II, are more relevant today than ever. see all copies from £6.54! new only from £7.74! \| first editions
25 view cover	Say You're One of Them more books like this by Uwem Akpan From a celebrated "New Yorker" writer comes a bold literary debut--a collection of brilliant short stories about children's lives in crisis in modern American. see all copies from £6.44! new only from £6.44! \| first editions

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