20th Century American Novel And Short Story Books

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Cover of Tender Is the Night

Tender Is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.8

1933

Cover of The Short Stories

The Short Stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald, Matthew J. Bruccoli

4.2

1920

Cover of The Giver (The Giver, #1)

The Giver (The Giver, #1)

Lois Lowry

4.1

1993

Cover of The Bell Jar

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

4.0

1963

Cover of The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Erik Larson, Tony Goldwyn

4.0

2003

Cover of The BFG

The BFG

Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

4.2

1982

Cover of A Man Called Ove

A Man Called Ove

Fredrik Backman, Henning Koch

4.3

2012

Cover of Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

Laura Hillenbrand

4.2

1999

Cover of We Need to Talk About Kevin

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Lionel Shriver

4.1

2003

Cover of Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

Second Foundation (Foundation #3)

Isaac Asimov

4.2

1953

Cover of Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

David Sedaris

3.8

2013

Cover of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art

Scott McCloud

4.0

1993

Cover of Midnight's Children

Midnight's Children

Salman Rushdie

4.0

1981

Cover of A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

Ernest Hemingway

4.0

1964

Cover of Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island

Bill Bryson

3.9

1995

Cover of When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware, #1)

When the Bough Breaks (Alex Delaware, #1)

Jonathan Kellerman

4.0

1985

Cover of The Lottery and Other Stories

The Lottery and Other Stories

Shirley Jackson

4.1

1949

Cover of The Lottery

The Lottery

Shirley Jackson

4.1

1948

Cover of The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl

Timothy Egan

4.0

2006

Cover of A Modest Proposal

A Modest Proposal

Jonathan Swift

4.0

1729

Cover of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

Tom Franklin

3.8

2009

Cover of Letters to a Young Poet

Letters to a Young Poet

Rainer Maria Rilke, Reginald Snell, Franz Xaver Kappus

4.3

1929

Cover of Smiley's People

Smiley's People

John le Carré

4.2

1979

Cover of The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey

Ernesto Che Guevara, Aleida Guevara March

3.8

1993

Cover of The Masque of the Red Death

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.1

1842

Cover of Follow You Home

Follow You Home

Mark Edwards

3.9

2015

Cover of The Constant Gardener

The Constant Gardener

John le Carré

3.8

2001

Cover of The Story of an Hour

The Story of an Hour

Kate Chopin

4.1

1894

Cover of The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales

Chris Van Allsburg, Lois Lowry, Kate DiCamillo, M.T. Anderson, Louis Sachar, Stephen King, Tabitha King, Jon Scieszka, Sherman Alexie, Gregory Maguire, Cory Doctorow, Jules Feiffer, Linda Sue Park, Walter Dean Myers, Lemony Snicket

3.9

2011

Cover of The Returned

The Returned

Jason Mott

3.3

2013

Cover of Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories

Philip Roth

3.9

1959

Cover of The 20th Century Art Book

The 20th Century Art Book

Phaidon Press

3.9

1996

Cover of The Awakening and Selected Stories

The Awakening and Selected Stories

Kate Chopin, Cynthia Brantley Johnson, Alyssa Harad

3.8

1899

Cover of Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 (Basic Art)

Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 (Basic Art)

Ulrich Bischoff

4.1

1990

Cover of Funny Story

Funny Story

Emily Henry

4.0

2024

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