|summary=This is a collection of 17 Nikolai Leskov stories as mixed in subject matter as they are in length. From the very short ''Spirit of Madame de Genlis'', warning of the dire consequences of selecting literature for a mollycoddled princess, to the novella-length ''The Enchanted Wanderer'' telling the tale of the apparently immortal monk who prayed for suicide victims, Leskov (aided greatly by the talented translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky) unlocks the mores, traditions, religion and superstitions of 19th century Russia for a modern readership.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099577356</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Roberto Saviano, Carlo Lucarelli, Valeria Parrella, Piero Colaprico, Wu Ming, Simona Vinci
|title=Outsiders
|rating=4
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=''Outsiders'' is a collection of six pieces of writing by Italian authors. The pieces have been collated from a supplement to an Italian daily newspaper and six have been chosen around the theme of outsiders for translation into English. Thus, the pieces themselves were not written around this specific theme but have rather had this theme imposed on them in this collection. Since the outsider is often used in various forms by writers to observe the status quo, this is not a big leap of imagination.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0857052446</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Aimee Bender
|title=Willful Creatures
|rating=4.5
|genre=Short Stories
|summary= In this collection we're shown the reaction of ten men with terminal illness prognoses, a large man purchasing a very unusual pet and the case of a hard-done-by boyfriend. There are also delights like the shop that sells words crafted into what they read, a boy with keys instead of fingers and the beautifully touching tale of the pumpkin-headed mother who gives birth to an iron-headed baby. No, this isn't your average collection of predictable short stories; these are [[:Category:Aimee Bender|Aimee Bender]] short stories.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0099558858</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Karen Russell
|title=Vampires in the Lemon Grove
|rating=5
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=I know you shouldn't judge a book by the cover, but when the cover has a title like ''Vampires in the Lemon Grove'', I can't help but be a little intrigued, especially when the author has a recent history like Karen Russell's. This history includes a Guardian award nomination for a previous collection with another great title; ''St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves'' and a Pulitzer Prize shortlisting for her novel, [[Swamplandia! by Karen Russell|Swamplandia!]]
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>0701187883</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=George Mann (Editor)
|title=Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
|rating=4.5
|genre=Crime (Historical)
|summary=
Sherlock Holmes remains an enduring icon of English literature; perhaps as popular today as he was back in the late 1800s, maybe even more so with the advent of TV and film adaptations of his adventures. Indeed, such is the lasting appeal of the character that since the death of Conan Doyle there have been literally hundreds of works published, picking up where the original stories left off.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1781160031</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Prajwal Parajuly
|title=The Gurkha's Daughter
|rating=5
|genre=Short Stories
|summary=Parajuly is the son of an Indian father and Nepalese mother hailing from Gangtok in the Indian Himalayas, but spending most of his time somewhere between New York and Oxford. His insight is therefore something we should probably trust.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1780872933</amazonuk>
}}
