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Anthologies Book Summaries

The Simpsons and Philosophy

by William Irwin • 2001

The Simpsons and Philosophy

The D'oh! of Homer

by William Irwin 2001 322 pages

by Daniel Jones • 2007

True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption

True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption

by Daniel Jones 2007 304 pages

by Clive Barker • 1984

by Clive Barker 1984 507 pages

Living Beyond Borders

by Margarita Longoria • 2021

Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America

Living Beyond Borders

Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America

by Margarita Longoria 2021 224 pages

by Stephen King • 1985

by Stephen King 1985 672 pages

by Ken Liu • 2016

Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

Contemporary Chinese Science Fiction in Translation

by Ken Liu 2016 383 pages

by Hugh Howey • 2017

New and Collected Stories

New and Collected Stories

by Hugh Howey 2017 352 pages

Never Whistle at Night

by Shane Hawk • 2023

An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Never Whistle at Night

An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

by Shane Hawk 2023 400 pages

by carla joy bergman • 2022

Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy

Stories on Youth Autonomy and Confronting Adult Supremacy

by carla joy bergman 2022 240 pages

by Brian W. Aldiss • 1969

intelligence artificielle et autres histoires du futur

intelligence artificielle et autres histoires du futur

by Brian W. Aldiss 1969 216 pages

by Charles Bukowski • 1994

A Charles Bukowski Reader

A Charles Bukowski Reader

by Charles Bukowski 1994 497 pages

by Tori Bovalino • 2022

An Anthology of Folk Horror

An Anthology of Folk Horror

by Tori Bovalino 2022 272 pages

American Supernatural Tales

by S.T. Joshi • 2007

American Supernatural Tales

by S.T. Joshi 2007 467 pages

The Best Advice in Six Words

by Larry Smith • 2015

Writers Famous and Obscure on Love, Sex, Money, Friendship, Family, Work, and Much More

The Best Advice in Six Words

Writers Famous and Obscure on Love, Sex, Money, Friendship, Family, Work, and Much More

by Larry Smith 2015 229 pages

by Harlan Ellison • 2024

by Harlan Ellison 2024 18 pages

The End of the World As We Know It

by Christopher Golden • 2025

New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand

The End of the World As We Know It

New Tales of Stephen King's The Stand

by Christopher Golden 2025 779 pages

by David Edmonds • 2012

by David Edmonds 2012 268 pages

Claiming the B in LGBT

by Kate Harrad • 2018

Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative

Claiming the B in LGBT

Illuminating the Bisexual Narrative

by Kate Harrad 2018 351 pages

by Nancy Madore • 2004

Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women

Erotic Bedtime Stories For Women

by Nancy Madore 2004 256 pages

by Juliette Cross • 2024

A Monster Romance Anthology

A Monster Romance Anthology

by Juliette Cross 2024 497 pages

North American Lake Monsters

by Nathan Ballingrud • 2013

North American Lake Monsters

by Nathan Ballingrud 2013 205 pages

Best American Essays 2018

by Hilton Als • 2018

Best American Essays 2018

by Hilton Als 2018 336 pages

by A.E. Rayne • 2024

by A.E. Rayne 2024 2010 pages

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

by Peter Haining • 2008

The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings

by Peter Haining 2008 512 pages

by Peter Catapano • 2015

Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments

Modern Philosophy in 133 Arguments

by Peter Catapano 2015 816 pages

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu • 2021

The Tangleroot Palace

by Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 pages

by Paul Tremblay • 2023

by Paul Tremblay 2023 352 pages

Buried Deep and Other Stories

by Naomi Novik • 2024

Buried Deep and Other Stories

by Naomi Novik 2024 430 pages

Money Changes Everything

by Jenny Offill • 2007

Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns of Fortune

Money Changes Everything

Twenty-Two Writers Tackle the Last Taboo with Tales of Sudden Windfalls, Staggering Debts, and Other Surprising Turns of Fortune

by Jenny Offill 2007 291 pages

From a Certain Point of View

by Elizabeth Schaefer • 2023

From a Certain Point of View

Return of the Jedi

by Elizabeth Schaefer 2023 573 pages

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

by Gwendolyn Kiste • 2017

And Her Smile Will Untether the Universe

by Gwendolyn Kiste 2017 208 pages

The Best American Short Stories 2024

by Lauren Groff • 2024

The Best American Short Stories 2024

by Lauren Groff 2024 400 pages

by Blake Crouch • 2019

by Blake Crouch 2019 309 pages

by Kevin J. Anderson • 1996

Tales from Jabba's Palace

Tales from Jabba's Palace

by Kevin J. Anderson 1996 448 pages

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

by Will Wight • 2015

The Traveler's Gate Chronicles

by Will Wight 2015 262 pages

The Top of the Volcano

by Harlan Ellison • 2014

The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison

The Top of the Volcano

The Award-Winning Stories of Harlan Ellison

by Harlan Ellison 2014 536 pages

by Mahmoud Alshaer • 2025

By the People, from the Year That Has Been

By the People, from the Year That Has Been

by Mahmoud Alshaer 2025 250 pages

by Kait Nolan • 2019

by Kait Nolan 2019

by Carl Jacobi • 1947

by Carl Jacobi 1947 272 pages

by Elwin Cotman • 2024

by Elwin Cotman 2024 320 pages

by Toni Cade Bambara • 1970

by Toni Cade Bambara 1970 352 pages

by Suzy Ayers • 2014

by Suzy Ayers 2014 169 pages

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

by Kim Cho-yeop • 2019

If We Cannot Go at the Speed of Light

by Kim Cho-yeop 2019 192 pages

by Jon Meacham • 2026

Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology

by Jon Meacham 2026 544 pages

The Best of Robert E. Howard

by Robert E. Howard • 2007

The Best of Robert E. Howard

Crimson Shadows

by Robert E. Howard 2007 503 pages

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