Popular North American Short Story Books
Find short story books written by authors from North America for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge. (70)
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The Best Short Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry EN
Country: North America / 
United States of America
United States of America
Description:
"Modern library of the world's best books"--Colophon.
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The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
H P Lovecraft is credited with reinventing the horror genre in the twentieth century. In this volume, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, S T Joshi, presents a selection of the master's fiction. These stories reveal the development of Lovecraft's mesmerizing narrative style and establish him as a canonical - and visionary - American writer.
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The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A collection of essays exploring various aspects of Sandra Cisneros' novel "The House on Mango Street."
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The Houseguest and Other Stories by Amparo Dávila EN
Country: North America / 
Mexico
Mexico
Description:
The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller
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The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
You could hear the voices murmuring, small and muted, from the crowds that inhabited his body. A peerless American storyteller, Ray Bradbury brings wonders alive. The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury— eighteen startling visions of humankind’s destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin. In this phantasmagoric sideshow, living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, Martian invasions are foiled by the good life and the glad hand, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Provocative and powerful, Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man i... continue
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The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories by Robert W. Chambers EN
Country: North America / United States of America
United States of America
Description:
A milestone of American supernatural fiction, The King in Yellow created a sensation upon its 1895 publication. Since then, it has markedly influenced writers in the genre, most famously, H. P. Lovecraft. Author Robert W. Chambers has been hailed as a writer of remarkable imaginative powers and the historic link between Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King. This edition features 12 of his gripping stories and was edited by a noted authority on supernatural fiction, E. F. Bleiler, who provides an informative introduction.
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The Moon Is Following Me by Cecil Browne EN
Country: North America / 
St Vincent
St Vincent
Description:
This collection of short stories recalls an era when the village was the centre of life in the Caribbean island of St Vincent and the Grenadines. Nostalgic, but not sentimental, these stories are based on real events and relate the experiences of a range of characters striving to make a name for themselves; they are people in search of a larger stage.The title story, The Moon is Following Me, paints a picture of school life as it was in the seventies. It features a headmaster who is fond of rum and a teacher who works for half a day only, but it is essentially a story of young love and hope. T... continue
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The Polish Boxer by Eduardo Halfon EN
Country: North America / 
Guatemala
Guatemala
Description:
A grandson tries to make sense of his Polish grandfather's past and the story behind his numbered tattoo. A Serbian classical pianist longs for his forbidden heritage. A Mayan poet is torn between his studies and filial obligations. A striking young Israeli woman seeks answers in Central America. A university professor yearns for knowledge that he can't find in books and discovers something unexpected at a Mark Twain conference
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The Roads are Down by Vanessa Spence EN
Country: North America / 
Jamaica
Jamaica
Description:
This is a deceptively simple tale of the hazardous and uncharted battle zones between gender, culture, and race.
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The Sea-Ringed World by María García Esperón ES
Country: North America / Mexico
Mexico
Description:
Fifteen thousand years before Europeans stepped foot in the Americas, people had already spread from tip to tip and coast to coast. Like all humans, these Native Americans sought to understand their place in the universe, the nature of their relationship with the divine, and the origin of the world into which their ancestors had emerged. The answers lay in their sacred stories. Author María García Esperón, illustrator Amanda Mijangos, and translator David Bowles have gifted us a treasure. Their talents have woven this collection of stories from nations and cultures across our two continents—th... continue