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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 £6.32! new only from £9.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	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 £13.48! new only from £13.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	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 £14.75! new only from £14.75! \| 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 £2.01! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	I Am Legend more books like this by Richard Matheson Robert Neville is the last living man on earth ...but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and child on the planet has become a vampire, and they are all hungry for Neville's blood. By day he is the hunter, stalking the sleeping undead through the abandoned ruins of civilization. By night, he barricades himself in his home and prays for the ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £1.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	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 £1.36! new only from £6.28! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	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 £1.36! new only from £4.07! \| first editions
8	Free to Be ... You and Me more books like this by Marlo Thomas Marlo Thomas' "New York Times" best seller is updated and repackaged for a new generation of young readers - it includes an audio CD in the back of the book with 4 free to be classics! Notable writers, artists, and musicians joined forces to produce this bestselling book which teaches children about tolerance and diversity. In this new edition, ... see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.88! \| first editions
9	Best American Nonrequired Reading more books like this by D Eggers These pieces--both fiction and nonfiction--have been culled by Dave Eggers from many diverse publications, and are geared toward 20-something readers. They include work from Eric Schlosser, David Sedaris, Gary Smith, Rodney Rothman, and the Onion. see all copies from £2.01! new only from £5.46! \| first editions
10	The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales more books like this by Jon Scieszka Looks at some really stupid tales including "Chicken Licken", "The Princess and the Bowling Ball", "The Really Ugly Duckling" and "Jack's Bean Problem". see all copies from £5.04! new only from £9.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	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 £2.04! new only from £6.55! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	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 £5.04! new only from £6.62! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Sneetches & Other Stories more books like this by Dr Seuss "Four funny easy-to-read stories all with subtly planted moral lessons".--Publishers Weekly. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from £5.83! new only from £5.83! \| first editions
14 view cover	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 £5.67! new only from £10.79! \| first editions
15 view cover	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 £1.36! new only from £2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 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 £6.15! new only from £12.63! \| first editions
17 view cover	Welcome to the Monkey House more books like this by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE is a collection of Kurt Vonnueguts shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. see all copies from £2.97! new only from £8.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 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 £5.21! new only from £8.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 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 £9.04! new only from £9.04! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories more books like this by Ernest Hemingway The ideal introduction to the genius of Ernest Hemingway, "The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories" contains ten of Hemingway's most acclaimed and popular works of short fiction. Selected from "Winner Take Nothing, Men Without Women," and "The Fifth Column and the First Forty-Nine Stories," this collection includes "The Killers," the first of ... see all copies from £1.36! new only from £5.62! \| first editions
21 view cover	The Best American Short Stories more books like this by Stephen King (Selected by), Heidi Pitlor (Selected by) Pop-culture icon Stephen King serves as the guest editor of this popular anthology, which includes such contributors as Richard Russo, John Barth, Jim Shepard, Alice Munro, William Gay, and Mary Gordon. see all copies from £5.46! new only from £7.27! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Zoom more books like this by Istvan Banyai A wordless book which imitates a zoom lens - in reverse. On each page the focus moves back to reveal a little more. Nothing is quite what it seems - the farmyard is in fact a model farmyard, which is a picture in a magazine, and so on - till at last the earth is seen from space as a tiny dot. see all copies from £2.15! new only from £5.66! \| first editions
23 view cover	Many Bloody Returns more books like this by Charlaine Harris (Editor), Toni L P Kelner (Editor) Suspenseful, surprising, dark, and humorous, these all-new stories by "New York Times" bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, and Kelley Armstrong ensure that readers will never think of vampires--or birthdays--in quite the same way again. see all copies from £12.97! new only from £14.14! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Richard Scarry's Best Story Book Ever more books like this by Richard Scarry (Illustrator) A collection of stories, nursery rhymes, fables, and illustrated topical word lists covering such subjects as numbers, alphabets, manners, seasons, and many others. see all copies from £1.36! new only from £9.55! \| first editions
25 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 £1.36! new only from £5.66! \| first editions

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