January — Short Story or Novella

The January theme to kick off our "Read with The Snail" Reading Challenge is a short story or novella. We love short stories because they can be picked up from time to time or read in one sitting. Here are a few ideas from The Snail to get you started.

We love when you order your Reading Challenge books from us! 

We can't wait to see what you share this month; make sure to share on social media and use the hashtag #ReadwithTheSnail.

The Faraway World: Stories By Patricia Engel Cover Image

The Faraway World: Stories (Hardcover)

By Patricia Engel
$26.00
ISBN: 9781982159528
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - January 24th, 2023
Loathe to Love You By Ali Hazelwood Cover Image

Loathe to Love You (Hardcover)

By Ali Hazelwood
$27.00
ISBN: 9780593638835
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Published: Berkley - January 3rd, 2023
Galatea: A Short Story By Madeline Miller Cover Image

Galatea: A Short Story (Hardcover)

By Madeline Miller
$12.00
ISBN: 9780063280519
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Published: Ecco - November 8th, 2022
Reader, I Buried Them & Other Stories By Peter Lovesey Cover Image

Reader, I Buried Them & Other Stories (Paperback)

By Peter Lovesey
$16.95
ISBN: 9781641294089
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Published: Soho Crime - January 10th, 2023
Small Things Like These By Claire Keegan Cover Image

Small Things Like These (Hardcover)

By Claire Keegan
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802158741
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Published: Grove Press - November 30th, 2021
Foster By Claire Keegan Cover Image

Foster (Hardcover)

By Claire Keegan
$20.00
ISBN: 9780802160140
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Published: Grove Press - November 1st, 2022
Marple: Twelve New Mysteries (Miss Marple Mysteries) By Agatha Christie, Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Alyssa Cole, Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Haynes, Jean Kwok, Val McDermid, Karen M. McManus, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse, Ruth Ware Cover Image

Marple: Twelve New Mysteries (Miss Marple Mysteries) (Hardcover)

By Agatha Christie, Naomi Alderman, Leigh Bardugo, Alyssa Cole, Lucy Foley, Elly Griffiths, Natalie Haynes, Jean Kwok, Val McDermid, Karen M. McManus, Dreda Say Mitchell, Kate Mosse, Ruth Ware
$30.00
ISBN: 9780063136052
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Published: William Morrow - September 13th, 2022
Sparring Partners: Novellas By John Grisham Cover Image

Sparring Partners: Novellas (Hardcover)

By John Grisham
$28.95
ISBN: 9780385549325
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Published: Doubleday - May 31st, 2022
Learning to Talk: Stories By Hilary Mantel Cover Image

Learning to Talk: Stories (Hardcover)

By Hilary Mantel
$19.99
ISBN: 9781250865366
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Published: Henry Holt and Co. - June 21st, 2022
Bruno's Challenge: And Other Stories of the French Countryside (Bruno, Chief of Police Series) By Martin Walker Cover Image

Bruno's Challenge: And Other Stories of the French Countryside (Bruno, Chief of Police Series) (Hardcover)

By Martin Walker
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780593534229
Published: Knopf - March 15th, 2022
Ghost Lover: Stories By Lisa Taddeo Cover Image

Ghost Lover: Stories (Hardcover)

By Lisa Taddeo
$27.00
ISBN: 9781982122188
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Published: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster - June 14th, 2022
The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories By Jess Walter Cover Image

The Angel of Rome: And Other Stories (Hardcover)

By Jess Walter
$27.99
ISBN: 9780062868114
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Published: Harper - June 28th, 2022
Tenth of December: Stories By George Saunders Cover Image

Tenth of December: Stories (Paperback)

By George Saunders
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812984255
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - January 7th, 2014
An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good By Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translated by) Cover Image

An Elderly Lady Is Up to No Good (Hardcover)

By Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translated by)
$12.99
ISBN: 9781641290111
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Published: Soho Crime - November 6th, 2018
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An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed By Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translated by) Cover Image

An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed (Hardcover)

By Helene Tursten, Marlaine Delargy (Translated by)
$14.99
ISBN: 9781641291675
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Published: Soho Crime - October 5th, 2021
Fruiting Bodies: Stories By Kathryn Harlan Cover Image

Fruiting Bodies: Stories (Hardcover)

By Kathryn Harlan
$25.00
ISBN: 9781324021223
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 7th, 2022
The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories: 75th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) By Angela Carter, Kelly Link (Introduction by) Cover Image

The Bloody Chamber: And Other Stories: 75th-Anniversary Edition (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Paperback)

By Angela Carter, Kelly Link (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780143107613
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Published: Penguin Classics - May 26th, 2015
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life By George Saunders Cover Image

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life (Paperback)

By George Saunders
$18.99
ISBN: 9781984856036
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - April 12th, 2022
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance By Zora Neale Hurston Cover Image

Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance (Paperback)

By Zora Neale Hurston
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062915801
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Published: Amistad - January 5th, 2021
Afterparties: Stories By Anthony Veasna So Cover Image

Afterparties: Stories (Paperback)

By Anthony Veasna So
$18.99
ISBN: 9780063049895
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Published: Ecco - June 7th, 2022
This Is How You Lose Her By Junot Díaz Cover Image

This Is How You Lose Her (Paperback)

By Junot Díaz
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594631771
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Published: Riverhead Books - September 3rd, 2013
Milk Blood Heat By Dantiel W. Moniz Cover Image

Milk Blood Heat (Paperback)

By Dantiel W. Moniz
$17.00
ISBN: 9780802159441
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Published: Grove Press - February 8th, 2022
Olive Kitteridge: Fiction By Elizabeth Strout Cover Image

Olive Kitteridge: Fiction (Paperback)

By Elizabeth Strout
$17.00
ISBN: 9780812971835
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - September 30th, 2008
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies By Deesha Philyaw Cover Image

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Paperback)

By Deesha Philyaw
$18.99
ISBN: 9781949199734
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Published: West Virginia University Press - September 1st, 2020
Interpreter Of Maladies By Jhumpa Lahiri Cover Image

Interpreter Of Maladies (Paperback)

By Jhumpa Lahiri
$17.99
ISBN: 9780358213260
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Published: Mariner Books Classics - October 22nd, 2019
Florida By Lauren Groff Cover Image

Florida (Paperback)

By Lauren Groff
$17.00
ISBN: 9781594634529
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 21st, 2019
The Things They Carried By Tim O'Brien Cover Image

The Things They Carried (Paperback)

By Tim O'Brien
$16.99
ISBN: 9780618706419
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Published: Mariner Books - October 13th, 2009
First Person Singular: Stories By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by) Cover Image

First Person Singular: Stories (Paperback)

By Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel (Translated by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593311189
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Published: Vintage - April 12th, 2022
The Refugees By Viet Thanh Nguyen Cover Image

The Refugees (Paperback)

By Viet Thanh Nguyen
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802127365
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Published: Grove Press - January 2nd, 2018
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Stories from the Tenants Downstairs By Sidik Fofana Cover Image

Stories from the Tenants Downstairs (Hardcover)

By Sidik Fofana
$26.00
ISBN: 9781982145811
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Published: Scribner - August 16th, 2022
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) By Raymond Carver Cover Image

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories (Vintage Contemporaries) (Paperback)

By Raymond Carver
$16.00
ISBN: 9780679723059
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Published: Vintage - June 18th, 1989
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories By Carmen Maria Machado Cover Image

Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)

By Carmen Maria Machado
$16.00
ISBN: 9781555977887
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Published: Graywolf Press - October 3rd, 2017
A Visit from the Goon Squad By Jennifer Egan Cover Image

A Visit from the Goon Squad (Paperback)

By Jennifer Egan
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307477477
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Published: Anchor - March 22nd, 2011
The Collected Stories Of Eudora Welty By Eudora Welty Cover Image

The Collected Stories Of Eudora Welty (Paperback)

By Eudora Welty
$18.99
ISBN: 9781328625649
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Published: Mariner Books - March 12th, 2019
Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories: A Miss Marple Collection (Miss Marple Mysteries #13) By Agatha Christie Cover Image

Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories: A Miss Marple Collection (Miss Marple Mysteries #13) (Paperback)

By Agatha Christie
$15.99
ISBN: 9780063221550
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - June 21st, 2022
The Lottery and Other Stories (FSG Classics) By Shirley Jackson, A. M. Homes (Introduction by) Cover Image

The Lottery and Other Stories (FSG Classics) (Paperback)

By Shirley Jackson, A. M. Homes (Introduction by)
$17.00
ISBN: 9780374529536
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - March 16th, 2005
Homesickness By Colin Barrett Cover Image

Homesickness (Hardcover)

By Colin Barrett
$27.00
ISBN: 9780802159649
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Published: Grove Press - May 3rd, 2022
Filthy Animals By Brandon Taylor Cover Image

Filthy Animals (Paperback)

By Brandon Taylor
$16.00
ISBN: 9780525538929
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Published: Riverhead Books - June 21st, 2022
Night Shift By Stephen King Cover Image

Night Shift (Paperback)

By Stephen King
$18.00
ISBN: 9780307947291
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Published: Anchor - August 7th, 2012
Difficult Women By Roxane Gay Cover Image

Difficult Women (Paperback)

By Roxane Gay
$16.00
ISBN: 9780802127372
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Published: Grove Press - November 14th, 2017
Sabrina & Corina: Stories By Kali Fajardo-Anstine Cover Image

Sabrina & Corina: Stories (Paperback)

By Kali Fajardo-Anstine
$17.00
ISBN: 9780525511304
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Published: One World - April 7th, 2020
The Complete Stories (FSG Classics) By Flannery O'Connor, Robert Giroux (Introduction by) Cover Image

The Complete Stories (FSG Classics) (Paperback)

By Flannery O'Connor, Robert Giroux (Introduction by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9780374515362
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Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - January 1st, 1971
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders By Neil Gaiman Cover Image

Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (Paperback)

By Neil Gaiman
$17.99
ISBN: 9780063075702
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Published: William Morrow Paperbacks - July 13th, 2021
The Shell Collector: Stories By Anthony Doerr Cover Image

The Shell Collector: Stories (Paperback)

By Anthony Doerr
$17.00
ISBN: 9781439190050
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Published: Scribner - January 4th, 2011
My Monticello: Fiction By Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Cover Image

My Monticello: Fiction (Paperback)

By Jocelyn Nicole Johnson
$16.99
ISBN: 9781250848536
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - October 11th, 2022