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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The Graveyard Book — Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

South Sea Tales — Robert Louis Stevenson

South Sea Tales

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Ficciones. C Edited and with an Introduction by Anthony Kerrigan — Jorge Luis Borges

Ficciones. C Edited and with an Introduction by Anthony Kerrigan

Jorge Luis Borges

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Men Without Women — Ernest Hemingway

Men Without Women

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Words are My Matter Writings on Life and Books — Ursula K. Le Guin

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories — Flannery O’Connor

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The Nose — Nikolay Gogol

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

The Willow Tree — Hubert Selby, Jr.

The Willow Tree — Hubert Selby, Jr.

Hubert Selby Jr.

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Lilly and Her Slave — Hans Fallada

Lilly and Her Slave

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Under the Jaguar Sun — Italo Calvino

Under the Jaguar Sun

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Collected Stories — Saul Bellow

Collected Stories

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Breakfast at Tiffany’s — Truman Capote

Breakfast at Tiffany’s

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Dr. No A James Bond Novel — Ian Fleming

Dr. No A James Bond Novel

Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

Plain Tales from the Hills — Rudyard Kipling

Plain Tales from the Hills

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Themes: Short Stories (single author) • Literary

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