short stories / novella

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Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
18,572 members
438 reviews
4.1
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The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury
10,123 members
175 reviews
4
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
by Truman Capote
4,179 members
100 reviews
3.8
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Men Without Women
by Haruki Murakami
2,823 members
78 reviews
½ 3.7
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Music for Chameleons
by Truman Capote
2,149 members
26 reviews
3.9
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The Kreutzer Sonata
by Leo Tolstoy
1,882 members
45 reviews
½ 3.7
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog
by Dylan Thomas
1,150 members
19 reviews
3.9
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The Abortion
by Richard Brautigan
1,136 members
19 reviews
3.8
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Explanations
permanentorbit: surrealism
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The Arabian Nights
by Richard F. Burton
888 members
4 reviews
4
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Exterminator!
by William S. Burroughs
743 members
6 reviews
½ 3.7
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Let Me Tell You a Story: A New Approach to Healing through the Art of Storytelling
by Jorge Bucay
544 members
14 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Girl with the Golden Eyes
by Honoré de Balzac
466 members
8 reviews
3.2
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Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: A Sketch (short story)
by Nikolai Leskov
284 members
2 reviews
3.9
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A Werewolf Problem in Central Russia and Other Stories
by Viktor Pelevin
267 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
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How to Talk to Girls at Parties [Short Story]
by Neil Gaiman
200 members
11 reviews
½ 3.6
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The Best Short Stories of Ring Lardner
by Ring Lardner
168 members
3 reviews
½ 3.7
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A Perfect Day for Bananafish
by J. D. Salinger
98 members
2 reviews
4.1
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Alligator Playground
by Alan Sillitoe
25 members
4
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The Exterminator
by William S. Burroughs
19 members
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In the Ravine & Other Stories
by Anton Chekhov
17 members
½ 3.7
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The Adept
by Michael McClure
15 members
1 review
3.8
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Explanations
permanentorbit: from 1971, an impressionistic short novel that involves a scary trip to arizona to execute a drug deal
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Drive My Car
by Haruki Murakami
14 members
1 review
4.2
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The Exterminator
by W. A. Ballinger
12 members
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