Some amazing fiction to read

The Optiblogger
0

 

Fiction stories /Novels to read part-1


  • Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by JK Rowling, first published by Bloomsbury Press, 1997. Illustrations by Thomas Taylor.
  • The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien, first published by Allen and Unwin, 1954.
  • Swami and Friends by R.K. Narayan, first published by Hamilton, 1935. Illustrations by R.K. Laxman
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published by George Newens, 1892. 
  • Devdas (Bengali: দেবদাস) by Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, first published by GCS, 1917.
  • The Shining by Stephen King, first published by Doubleday, 1977.
  • The Martian by Andy Weir, self-published, 2011. Cover by Eric White.
  • Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie, first published by Jonathan Cape, 1981.
  • 2 states by Chetan Bhagat, first published by Rupa Publishers, 2009.
  • The Help by Kathryn Stockett, first published by Penguin books, 2009.
  • The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger, first published by MacAdam/Cage, 2003.
  • Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, first published by Crown Publishing Group, 2012.
  • Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie, first published by Collins Crime Club, 1934.
  • Godaan (Hindi: गोदान) by Munshi Premchand, first published in 1936.
  • Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote, first published by Random House, 1958.
  • Animal Farm by George Orwell, first published by Secker and Warburg, 1945.
  • The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, first published by William Heinemann, 1895.
  • Pig by Roald Dahl, from the short story collection “Kiss Kiss”, first published by Alfred A. Knopf, 1960.
  • A Face in the Dark, from the short story collection “A Face in the Dark and Other Hauntings: Collected Stories of the Supernatural”, first published by Viking Books, 2004.
  • The Gift of the Magi, first published in the newspaper “The New York Sunday World”, 1905.
  • The Magic Shop by H.G. Wells, first published in 1903.
  • Ramayana (retelling) by C Rajagopalachari, first published by Bharati Vidya Bhavan, 1957
  • Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, first published in 1597. The cover is from the hardcover edition by Raphael Tuck and Sons, London, 1880.
  • The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov, first published in the magazine Russkaya Mysl1899. The cover is from the 2016 Open Road Media print.
  • Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky, first published during 1866 in installments. The cover is from the 1956 Random House print. 
  • Life of Pi by Yann Martel, first published by Knopf Canada, 2001.
  • The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, first published by McClelland and Stewart, 1985.
  • I, Robot by Isaac Asimov, first published by Gnome Press in 1950. The cover is from Signet Books (mass market paperback, 1956)
  • The Shining by Stephen King, first published by Doubleday, 1977. The cover is from the mass market paperback edition by Anchor, 2012.


Checkout some books on Amazon :- Amazon Fiction stories


Short Stories to read with link


1. Symbols and Signs by Vladimir Nabokov-


Link: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1948/05/15/symbols-and-signs


2. The Lady with the Dog and other stories by Anton Chekhov-


Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13415/13415-h/13415-h.htm


 


Flash Fiction(stories in less than 1500words)


1. There is Enough for One by Kulpreet Yadav-


Link: http://www.poetserv.org/SRR38/yadav.html


2. Before the Storm by Alex Sheal-


Link: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/before-the-storm


Some interesting short stories for you to read:


1. Laurie by Stephen King

Link: https://stephenking.com/other/stephenking-laurie.pdf 


2. On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning by Haruki Murakami

Link: https://genius.com/Haruki-murakami-on-seeing-the-100-perfect-girl-one-beautiful-april-morning-annotated#note-3756495


3. The Leaves of the Deodar by Rochelle Potkar

Link: https://www.openroadreview.com/2016/10/14/winner-open-road-review-short-story-prize/ 


4. No Comebacks - a collection of short stories by Frederick Forsyth   


5. A Quiver Full of Arrows - a collection of short stories by Jeffrey Archer



Coutrtesy :- Internshala Online training in Creative Writing . Click below link to join

Certificate Courses

Visit Bookishkeda For Book reviews


Post a Comment

0Comments

Post a Comment (0)