Grace Paley This reissue of Grace Paley's classic collection—a finalist for the National Book Award—demonstrates her rich use of language as well as her extraordinary insight into and compassion for...

Richard Russo Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year’s collection boasts a satisfying “chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative” ( Wall Street...

Esther Yellen Schlissel Learn from the unique perspective of Esther Yellen Schlissel in I'm Only Four Feet 11.  January 1, 1995 by Helen Schlissel

Nathan Englander   A work of stunning authority and imagination - a book that is as wondrous and joyful as it is wrenchingly sad, and that heralds the arrival of...

John Grisham   #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread,...

Joshua Ferris 'He reflected in future retrospect on the evening and foretold every gesture, every word. "I can't do it," he said. "I can predict everything that will happen from...

Andy Griffiths In the tradition of Just Tricking! , Just Annoying! , Just Stupid! and Just Crazy! , Andy Griffiths has written nine highly original, humorous new stories about Andy...

Alistair MacLean This book is a collection of riveting tales of the sea including the story that launched Alistair MacLean's writing career, the account of the epic battle to sink...

Ward Just  This masterly volumn contains the best shorter fiction written by Just over the last 25 years. "The working life, the war, politics, love affairs, and marriage seem to...

Jhumpa Lahiri These eight stories by beloved and bestselling author Jhumpa Lahiri take us from Cambridge and Seattle to India and Thailand, as they explore the secrets at the heart...

Joyce Carol Thomas In these four acclaimed novels, National Book Award-winning author Joyce Carol Thomas evocatively captures the triumph and struggles of teens as they come of age, and break...

Gerard De Nerval Gerard de Nerval (1808-1855), a contemporary of Poe, De Quincey, Gogol, and Heine, introduced into French literature a mode of writing rooted in German romanticism yet already...