Browsing: Short Stories

From a giant of American literature comes a dazzling collection imagining humanity’s future on the Red Planet. “A modern classic” (The Washington Post) with over 67,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

Here is the debut short story collection from the author of the Pulitzer Prize finalist Swamplandia! and the New York Times bestselling…

From a New York Times bestselling author: This “affecting and sentimental” collection (Publishers Weekly) follows women through moments of revelation in their daily lives. “Elizabeth Berg’s gift as a storyteller lies most powerfully in her ability to find the extraordinary in the ordinary” (The Boston Globe).

Discover the three laws of Robotics — and the robots that test their limits! This visionary sequence of interlinked stories is a landmark sci-fi masterpiece with nearly 95,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads. “Asimov was one of the great explainers of the age” (Carl Sagan).

When Palmer Stoat notices the black pickup truck following him on the highway, he fears his precious Range Rover is…

The Queen of Crime presents a classic mystery with a devilishly inventive conclusion! When the powerful head of the Leonides family is fatally poisoned, every inhabitant of his ramshackle mansion becomes a suspect. “Writing Crooked House was pure pleasure… It is one of my best” (Agatha Christie).

“A big, blowzy romp through the rainbow eccentricities of three generations of crazy bayou debutantes.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution“A very entertaining and, ultimately,…

In this New York Times bestseller, four naïve tourists struggle to escape a jungle that holds a sinister secret… A “suffocating, terrifying, claustrophobic” tale (Stephen King) with nearly 5,500 five-star Goodreads ratings.

A “superlative book” (The Washington Post) from the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s: In a Southern town, an orphaned boy and two elderly women decide to live in a tree house — and make surprising discoveries. Brimming with “eccentricities, warmth, and humor” (Booklist).

“You’ll want to turn back to the first chapter the moment you finish the last.” —PEOPLE“Once upon a time, there was…