Anthologies featuring bestselling authors alongside rising stars. Short story collections from some of our beloved authors with Roald Dahl, Raymond Carver and Anita Desai among the better known
Anthologies & Short Stories
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Three Dog Tales
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£14.24
HarperCollins The Red Convertible
£13.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams
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£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Tunneling to the Center of the Earth Stories PS
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£13.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing
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£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Road Rage CD
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£15.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc A Chair for My Mother and Other Stories CD
Book SynopsisThis classic and award-winning picture book was written and illustrated by the celebrated Vera B. Williams and was named a Caldecott Honor Book by the American Library Association. A tender knockout . . . it''s rare to find much vitality, spontaneity, and depth of feeling in such a simple, young book.—Kirkus ReviewsAfter their home is destroyed by a fire, Rosa, her mother, and grandmother save their coins to buy a really comfortable chair for all to enjoy. A Chair for My Mother has sold more than a million copies and is an ideal choice for reading and sharing at home and in the classroom. A superbly conceived picture book expressing the joyful spirit of a loving family.—The Horn Book Supports the Common Core State Standards
£11.89
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Secret Lives of People in Love The
Book Synopsis“Breathtaking. . .chillingly beautiful, like postcards from Eden. . .Van Booy’s stories are somehow like paintings the characters walk out of, and keep walking.” — Los Angeles TimesA newly packaged re-issue of Simon Van Booy’s critically acclaimed debut collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF PEOPLE IN LOVE.In The Secret Lives of People in Love, Simon Van Booy explores the sway of fate and power of memory on the lives of lonely and vulnerable people. With the same spare, economical prose that he brought to his subsequent collection, Love Begins in Winter, winner of the 2009 Frank O’Connor Short Story Award, Van Booy creates a profoundly humane and somber resonance with the assured hand of “a first-rate storyteller” (Newsday). The Secret Lives of People in Love announces the arrival of a major voice in fiction.
£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Family Happiness
Book SynopsisRussian writer Leo Tolstoy is probably best known to the Western world for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, but during his long lifetime Tolstoy wrote numerous shorter works to fill many volumes.
£10.11
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Happy Failure
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£9.32
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Burning Bright
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£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc When It Happens to You
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£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Fragile Things
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£15.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Miss Marple The Complete Short Stories
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£14.32
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Murder in the Mews
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£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Parker Pyne Investigates
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£15.19
HarperCollins The Lady Most Willing...
Book SynopsisFrom Julia Quinn, the author of Bridgerton—along with close friends and bestselling authors Eloisa James and Connie Brockway—comes a thrilling tale of a snow-bound party in a Scottish castle. And You’re Invited!When Laird Taran Ferguson’s nephews refuse to find brides, he takes matters into his own hands, raiding a ball and bringing some lovely young ladies to his castle. Which author do you think escorted which heroine to the castle? Miss Fiona Chisholm, a beauty with a scandalous past Lady Cecily Tarleton, a lovely heiress—but she’s English Miss Catriona Burns, a lady with no name or fortune, so clearly someone made a mistake! When it comes to gentlemen, did Eloisa invite an earl so stern that he broke his engagement after a mere whiff of scandal? Did Connie suggest that the Duke of Bretton fall asleep in the car
£10.79
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Married Love
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£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Black Dahlia White Rose
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£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Full Throttle
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£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Stay Up with Me
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£13.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Kiss Me An Avon Books Valentines Day Anthology
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£6.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Homeland
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£14.39
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Wedding Date
Book SynopsisIn The Wedding Date, Cara Connelly launches her new Save the Date series, about the magic—and mayhem—of weddings!Julie Marone isn''t your ordinary matchmaker. Instead of setting up singles, she matches already-happy couples with their dream homes. And since she lost the other half of her own happy couple, it''s her passion.Cody Brown isn''t your ordinary cowboy. Instead of roping runaway steers, he wrangles sick kids and strung-out junkies as an ER doc. And since his brother lost his wife to a drunk driver, it''s his mission.When Cody moves from Austin to Boston, he wants Julie to find him a condo. But not only is Cody single, he''s a doctor, and ever since her fiancé died, she''s got a major grudge against doctors.Cody angles to be Julie''s date for her sister''s Christmas Eve wedding but discovers that her no doctors rule is unbending. Still, he''s not quitting. If Cody has his way, they''ll be a couple by Christmas, and the ne
£5.52
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Whats Important Is Feeling
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£12.59
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Scatter Here Is Too Great
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£13.49
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Small Plates Short Fiction Faith Fairchild
Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the delights of short stories is that the reader can graze. If you start one and it doesn't grab you, just move to the next. In [SMALL PLATES], however, I finished all I started and wanted more, precisely what great "Small Plates" should do." -- Newark Star Ledger "A tasty introduction to Agatha Award-winner Page's popular mystery series." -- Publishers Weekly "A variety of tasty short morsels that will whet [Page's] fans' appetites...Well paced and will leave the reader satisfied, as a good short story should... [A] delectable treat." -- Library Journal "The perfect accompaniment to the summer vacation or a simple afternoon on the porch swing...delicious." -- Daily News "Serves up, in miniature, the kinds of old-fashioned puzzle mysteries that fans of writers like Agatha Christie crave." -- Boston Globe
£7.59
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Wedding Gift Save the Date
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£5.41
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Man V. Nature
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£15.19
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Something Rich and Strange
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£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc I Was a Revolutionary
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£21.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Delicate Prey
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£15.29
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Trigger Warning
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£15.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc After the Fireworks
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£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Mr. and Mrs. Baby
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£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Warning
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£5.42
HarperCollins Publishers Inc To Be a Man
Book SynopsisO, The Oprah Magazine, Time Magazine, Financial Times, Esquire, Bustle, Lit Hub, Electric Literature, Library Journal, Brooklyn Based, Avenue BEST BOOK OF THE YEARNew York Times Editors'' Choice“Superb. . . . Krauss’s depictions of the nuances of sex and love, intimacy and dependence, call to mind the work of Natalia Ginzburg in their psychological profundity, their intellectual rigor. . . . Krauss’s stories capture characters at moments in their lives when they’re hungry for experience and open to possibilities, and that openness extends to the stories themselves: narratives too urgent and alive for neat plotlines, simplistic resolutions or easy answers.” —Molly Antopol, New York Times Book Review “From a contemporary master, an astounding collection of ten globetrotting stories, each one a powerful dissection of the thorny connections between men and women. . . . Each story is masterfully crafted and deeply contemplative, barreling toward a shimmering, inevitable conclusion, proving once again that Krauss is one of our most formidable talents in fiction.” —EsquireIn one of her strongest works of fiction yet, Nicole Krauss plunges fearlessly into the struggle to understand what it is to be a man and what it is to be a woman, and the arising tensions that have existed from the very beginning of time. Set in our contemporary moment, and moving across the globe from Switzerland, Japan, and New York City to Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and South America, the stories in To Be a Man feature male characters as fathers, lovers, friends, children, seducers, and even a lost husband who may never have been a husband at all. The way these stories mirror one other and resonate is beautiful, with a balance so finely tuned that the book almost feels like a novel. Echoes ring through stages of life: aging parents and new-born babies; young women’s coming of age and the newfound, somewhat bewildering sexual power that accompanies it; generational gaps and unexpected deliveries of strange new leases on life; mystery and wonder at a life lived or a future waiting to unfold. To Be a Man illuminates with a fierce, unwavering light the forces driving human existence: sex, power, violence, passion, self-discovery, growing older. Profound, poignant, and brilliant, Krauss’s stories are at once startling and deeply moving, but always revealing of all-too-human weakness and strength.
£14.45
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Half Wild
Book Synopsis“This heartbreakingly honest and authentic fiction will make you weep over, laugh at, and finally cheer for, mothers and daughters, sons and fathers, lovers and losers, and the human race in general. Half Wild is American fiction, and American literature, at its very best.”—Howard Frank Mosher, author of The Great Northern Express and Northern BordersSpanning nearly forty years, the stories in Robin MacArthur’s formidable debut give voice to the dreams, hungers, and fears of a diverse cast of Vermonters—adolescent girls, aging hippies, hardscrabble farmers, disconnected women, and solitary men. Straddling the border between civilization and the wild, they all struggle to make sense of their loneliness and longings in the stark and often isolating enclaves they call home—golden fields and white-veiled woods, dilapidated farmhouses and makeshift trailers, icy rivers and still lakes ro
£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Baby Youre Gonna Be Mine
Book Synopsis“Hands down my favorite book of the year.” -- Ann Patchett, New York Times bestselling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth From the New York Times bestselling author of The Family Fang comes his first short story collection in nearly a decade, combining his signature quirkiness with his keen eye for emotional complexity to explore the fraught relationship between parents and children. “Wildfire Johnny” is the story of a man who discovers a magic razor that allows him to travel back in time. “Scroll Through the Weapons” is about a couple taking care of their underfed and almost feral nieces and nephews. “Signal to the Faithful” follows a boy as he takes a tense road trip with his priest. And “Baby, You’re Gonna Be
£20.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Whatever Happened to Interracial Love
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Man Who Shot Out My Eye Is Dead
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£19.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Fantastic Book of Everybodys Secrets
Book SynopsisEverybody has their secrets. Who, for instance, is the hooded figure hiding in the bushes outside a young man’s house? Why does the same stranger keep appearing in the background of a family’s holiday photographs? What makes a woman stand mesmerized by two children in a school playground, children she’s never met but whose names she knows well? All will be revealed . . . but at a cost. As Sophie Hannah uncovers the dark obsessions and strange longings behind the most ordinary relationships, life will never seem quite the same again.
£6.64
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Book SynopsisNational BestsellerWith a new foreword by Jeff FeuerzeigA timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story.“A startling achievement.”—Publishers Weekly This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a young boy on the run with his teenage mother. When Sarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters. As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiah also learns to love his mother, even as she descends into drug-fueled madness. Told in spare, lyrical prose, rich with imagination and dark humor, The
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The McBain Brief
Book SynopsisFrom the internationally admired creator of the 87th Precinct series come these tales featuring policemen and their work and displaying Ed McBain’s inimitable talents in shorter form.In this collection of short stories, bestselling author Ed McBain presents a varied and colorful cast of characters who run afoul of, then into, the arms of the law… a collector who loves his porcelain more than his daughter; a hooker who melts the heart of a tough cop; an ex-fighter who goes berserk at Christmas; an automobile dealer out for a funny business ride…Ed McBain’s bestselling works put him in the very top rank of crime writers. In The McBain Brief, he more than justifies his reputation as a master storyteller.
£14.24
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Dictionary Stories Short Fictions and Other
Book Synopsis"Dictionary Stories isn’t just a book for word nerds, but for anyone for whom language and story matter. With this spark and a handful of stories shared online, Dictionary Stories was born.Trade Review“A revelation in remix; a book of joyous recombinations.” — Robin Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore “Dictionary Stories isn’t just a book for word nerds, but for anyone for whom language and story matter. Everybody, A-Z, will find themselves thoroughly in love with this book.” — Kory Stamper, lexicographer and editor for Merriam-Webster, and author of Word by Word “Jez has long been one of my favorite illustrators, and now he comes up with Dictionary Stories—sentences stolen from dictionaries and pasted together into tiny, delightful narratives. A brilliant literary remix.” — Austin Kleon, New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist “Until you read Dictionary Stories, you’ll never understand just how weird the dictionary really is. Jez Burrows’ Dictionary Stories is all of human emotion and experience, handily arranged in alphabetical order” — Erin McKean, former editor of the New Oxford American Dictionary and founder of Wordnik “Brilliantly, brazenly fun. Like a cabaret for word lovers.” — Sean Michaels, author of Giller Prize-winning novel Us Conductors “Burrows has a talent for a delightfully askew existentialism… The stories are wickedly short but exquisitely rendered, accompanied by whimsical, minimalist illustrations by the author. A fabulist remix of the English language and a tribute to clever lexicographers everywhere.” — Kirkus Reviews “[An] entirely original collection… With a deft eye for depth and irony, Burrows plucks seemingly inane phrases…and arranges them into haunting, hilarious, and human minidramas.” — Booklist “Uproarious and ingenious… What sounds like mere novelty turns out to be a revelation in Burrows’s hands, as unlikely sentences generate even more unlikely narratives. Dictionary Stories is a joyful celebration of idiosyncrasy and invention.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Chaotically engaging...exemplary...majestic.” — KQED “A serendipitous reading experience...Burrows challenges our ideas of the writing process and unpacks our understanding of what is literary.” — Ploughshares “They’re absolutely addicting, and that is the highest praise I can bestow on this work—it is one task to bring good stories to people. It is another to bring a new game, a new form, a new diversion of the field. Burrows’ burrows are just that, and if you, or your friends, are the sort who love words and playing with them, you should seek out a copy of this fine new book.” — The Seattle Review of Books “Dictionary Stories is a giddy celebration of the wild, elastic potential of language.” — McSweeny’s “The most original book to be published in quite some time.” — San Jose Mercury News “An ingenious addition to literary exploration.” — San Francisco Chronicle “A brilliant, inventive book.” — Psych Central “You’ll find everything from two-sentence short stories to a list of bands you probably haven’t heard of. We’ve never read anything quite like it.” — HelloGiggles
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HarperCollins The Relive Box and Other Stories
Book SynopsisWhile T.C. Boyle is known as one of our greatest American novelists, he is also an acknowledged master of the short story and is perhaps at his funniest, his most moving, and his most surprising in the short form. In The Relive Box, Boyle''s sharp wit and rich imagination combine with a penetrating social consciousness to produce raucous, poignant, and expansive short stories defined by an inimitable voice. From the collection''s title story, featuring a Halcom X1520 Relive Box that allows users to experience anew almost any moment from their past to The Five-Pound Burrito, the tale of a man aiming to build the biggest burrito in town, the twelve stories in this collection speak to the humor, the pathos, and the struggle that is part of being human while relishing the whimsy of wordplay and the power of a story well told. In stories that span a variety of styles and genres, Boyle addresses the enduring concerns of the human mind and heart while taking on timely social concerns. The Relive Box is an exuberant, linguistically dazzling effort from a vibrant sensibility fully engaged with American society. (The New York Times)
£16.14
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Unrestricted Access New and Classic Short Fiction
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Nobody does this stuff better.” — Lee Child “Bestseller Rollins’s excellent 15th Sigma Force novel... marries nail-biting action with a highly imaginative premise...This is a thoughtful, nonstop thrill ride that’s an exemplar of an escapist page-turner.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Last Odyssey “Rollins balances action-adventure, history, mythology and science in a truly imaginative story. All of the elements harmonize in this page-turner, which takes his team of adventurers into the very gates of Hell. This is one of Rollins’s best novels, and a perfect book to get immersed in during these turbulent times.” — Seattle Times on The Last Odyssey “Rollins spins an entertaining thriller.” — Kirkus Reviews on The Last Odyssey “Science fiction and archaeology have had a long relationship. The link is a conviction that there is a hidden truth in the relics of dead civilizations…and that this can be uncovered by what we now know about science… The dominant figure in this area of fiction right now is James Rollins.” — Wall Street Journal
£19.00
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Unrestricted Access
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Nobody does this stuff better.” — Lee Child “Bestseller Rollins’s excellent 15th Sigma Force novel... marries nail-biting action with a highly imaginative premise...This is a thoughtful, nonstop thrill ride that’s an exemplar of an escapist page-turner.” — Publishers Weekly (starred review) on The Last Odyssey “Rollins balances action-adventure, history, mythology and science in a truly imaginative story. All of the elements harmonize in this page-turner, which takes his team of adventurers into the very gates of Hell. This is one of Rollins’s best novels, and a perfect book to get immersed in during these turbulent times.” — Seattle Times on The Last Odyssey “Rollins spins an entertaining thriller.” — Kirkus Reviews on The Last Odyssey “Science fiction and archaeology have had a long relationship. The link is a conviction that there is a hidden truth in the relics of dead civilizations…and that this can be uncovered by what we now know about science… The dominant figure in this area of fiction right now is James Rollins.” — Wall Street Journal
£13.00
