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1	I Am Legend more books like this by Richard Matheson Written in 1954 and set in 1976, this novel tells the story of the last human on Earth after everyone else has become infected with a virus that turned them into vampires. At night he fends off the attacking hordes of his former neighbors, and by day he searches for their lair with an eye to destroying them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.61! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	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 $10.31! new only from $11.66! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Interpreter of Maladies more books like this by Jhumpa Lahiri Most of the short stories in this debut volume are about marriage in one form or another. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999, this book also won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	My Ántonia more books like this by Willa Cather This novel about the friendship between two Nebraska children, Jim Burden and Antonia Shimerda is considered Cather's masterpiece. The fortunes of the two families are opposed: the Burdens thrive while the Shimerdas decline, a downfall that culminates in the suicide of Antonia's father, which forces the girl to work in the fields and then as a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	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 $13.50! new only from $13.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Different Seasons more books like this by Stephen King (Afterword by) A collection of four short stories, two of which became the basis for major motion pictures. The film "Stand By Me" was adapted from "The Body", while the Academy Award winning film "The Shawshank Redemption" was adapted from the story "Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.31! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Lone Ranger & Tonto Fistfight in Heaven more books like this by Sherman Alexie A short-story sequence set on a reservation of the Spokane Indian tribe in eastern Washington State. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Nine Stories more books like this by J. D. Salinger A collection of brilliant, sad, and influential stories that includes favorites like "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," "Teddy," and "For Esmé, with Love and Squalor," as well as the underrated gem, "Just Before the War With the Eskimos." Almost invariably, Salinger's tormented characters are trying to search for some sort of peace within a hell ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.96! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales more books like this by Jon Scieszka The author of The True Story of the Three Little Pigs provides a riotous romp through fairy-tale-land that will have readers clutching their sides happily ever after. Full-color oil paintings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Complete Sherlock Holmes more books like this by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle As the title indicates, this mammoth collection has it all. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Haroun and the Sea of Stories more books like this by Salman Rushdie In Rushdie's humorous and tender novel, Haroun is the 12-year-old son of a famous storyteller. When his father loses his powers of invention, Haroun takes charge, and sets out on a series of adventures that, against all odds, will bring his skills back. see all copies from $3.87! new only from $7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 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 $3.57! new only from $7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 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 $3.38! new only from $8.62! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Barrel Fever: Stories and Essays more books like this by David Sedaris David Sedaris's collection of stories and essays features the famed "Santaland Diaries," in which he recounts his experiences as a Christmas elf at the Herald Square Macy's. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Complete Stories more books like this by Flannery O'Connor Thirty-one stories are in this volume, including 12 that never appeared in collections published during her lifetime. The stories are arranged chronologically, beginning with her first published story, "The Geranium" and ending with her last one, "Judgement Day." see all copies from $5.25! new only from $9.38! \| first editions
16 view cover	Welcome to the Monkey House more books like this by K Vonnegut 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 $1.99! new only from $7.58! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Dubliners more books like this by James Joyce Joyce's celebrated short-story sequence provides a vivid and disturbing picture of early 20th-century Dublin and its inhabitants, whom Joyce saw as trapped in a repressed and stultifying environment. The stories are divided into five types: childhood, adolescence, marriage, maturity, and various aspects of public life, including politics. They ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Just So Stories more books like this by Rudyard Kipling The 12 original, unabridged "Just So Stories", including "How the Leopard Got His Spots" and "How the Elephant Got His Trunk", accompanied by woodcut illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Close Range: Wyoming Stories more books like this by E Annie Proulx Eleven stories, all set in the harsh Wyoming landscape, about characters whose desperate lives illuminate a range of human experience that is full of farce, tragedy, and grit. The volume is illustrated with watercolors. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Drown more books like this by Junot Díaz Eleven stories based on Dìaz's youth in the Dominican Republic and New Jersey. see all copies from $3.40! new only from $6.86! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Zoom more books like this by Istvan Banyai Every colorful picture in this book becomes part of a larger picture when you turn the page. Things are not always what they seem in this visual journey that takes us from a rooster's comb outwards to all of earth. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $4.31! \| first editions \| SVS
22 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 $1.99! new only from $9.26! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Return of the Native more books like this by Thomas Hardy In THE RETURN OF THE NATIVE, the story turns on that staple of Victorian literature, a love triangle. Clym Yeobright, the "native" of the title, returns to the countryside where he was born--much as Hardy himself, after a stint in London, returned to his native Dorsetshire to write. Clym falls in love with his cousin, the beautiful but cold ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Poirot Investigates more books like this by Agatha Christie The murder masquerading as suicide. A fraud disguised as robbery. The witnesswho does not exist. A murder weapon that played no part in the crime. All arediabolical red herrings. All are successful in throwing every pursuer off thescent. Everyone but the incomparable Hercule Poirot. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.74! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Four Past Midnight more books like this by Stephen King Master of horror Stephen King has collected four chilling novellas here. "Secret Window, Secret Garden," in which a writer confronts a deadly antagonist who claims the writer has stolen his work, was made into a 2004 film (simply called SECRET WINDOW) starring Johnny Depp, and "The Langoliers," about an airplane trapped in a fragment of time, was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.38! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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