Fictionable Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Fifteen Stories to Home: Short Stories
Jonathan Maniscalco
Three friends go out for dinner in Broth by @DianaEvansOP, but are they all ready to share? Catch it exclusively at https://t.co/XpWpXlffG3 Image: Jonathan Lin #books #reading #writing #ShortStories #fiction https://t.co/FjPzc6VrMa
Paperback, 2020
$19.60$9.80 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Summer
Ali Smith
'The story is sun-drenched, moving languorously as a summer bee' @SamsSaba picks her top five short stories, from Jhumpa Lahiri, @nicoleflattery @jorringer Denis Johnson and Ali Smith https://t.co/xIfkqZF7we https://t.co/Wj9fIV4qm9
Paperback, 2021
$17.00$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Last Suspicious Holdout: Stories
Ladee Hubbard
The heat rises, with short stories from Sarah Hall, @amabanckou translated by Helen Stevenson, Ladee Hubbard, @owenbooth and a graphic story from @isabelgreenberg. Four issues a year are yours for £20 https://t.co/ccQqM1dehE. Image via Hiroyuki Takeda https://t.co/qCXYPb69Co
Hardcover, Large Print, 2022
$31.99$15.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Sudden Traveler: Stories
Sarah Hall
Still looking for the perfect present? Give the gift of #fiction with a year's worth of #shortstories and graphic fiction for £20, as well as an expanding archive with stories from Sarah Hall @amabanckou @owenbooth @eviewyld @AmySackville @isabelgreenberg … #books #comics
Paperback, 2020
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Levels of Life: A Memoir
Julian Barnes
@PenguinUKBooks @ValeriaLuiselli … Levels of Life by Julian Barnes …
Paperback, 2014
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A God in Ruins
Kate Atkinson
What's the last book you felt like throwing across the room? @CaunceSally says it was Kate Atkinson's A God in Ruins, "because of the ending" … no spoilers …
Paperback, 2016
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Before Dishonor
Peter David
What's the last book you couldn't stop talking about? It was 'a very long time ago', but @ThatNuttyFanboy says it's Peter David's non-canon Star Trek novel Imzadi
Paperback, 2014
$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Winter
Ali Smith
The writing is on the wall in this short story from Ali Smith. Catch Wake and all the other #ShortStories from our #Winter edition at https://t.co/bLdr7N4Psb Image: byzantiumbooks #books #reading #fiction #comics https://t.co/18TPXjLb6p
Paperback, 2018
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Man Too Mean To Be Me: short stories
D. F. Lewis
Literature in China and Taiwan reveals a richer and more varied story than political fictions, says Ya-chun Liu. https://t.co/GbJunPAJEL Image: Joe Lewis #books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #China #Taiwan https://t.co/e65hgZddq9
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After Sappho
Selby Wynn Schwartz
"The first thing we did was change our names." Selby Wynn Schwartz says her novel After Sappho is "about the desire to write your life for yourself, preferably in good company" @GalleyBeggars https://t.co/NjTOsn1QH4 https://t.co/v9zeaRYcfz
Paperback, 2024
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book