Books like Happiness, and other stories by Mary Lavin

James Joyce’s Dubliners is a landmark collection of fifteen short stories set in late‑19th‑century Dublin, capturing ordinary lives and suppressed dreams while exploring themes of lost innocence, paralysis, and the moral fabric of Irish society.

A collection of nine short stories by Jhumpa Lahiri that follows Indian and Indian‑American characters navigating identity, displacement, and complex relationships.

Jennifer Egan’s interlocking narratives weave the lives of Bennie Salazar, a former punk rocker turned record executive, and Sasha, a restless young woman, across decades and continents, exploring music, memory and the fragile threads that bind us.

A woman's rise from poverty to political influence, inspired by stories told by a storyteller's daughter.

Twelve short stories by Tobias Wolff exploring the characters' lives and search for the 'right path'.

Back in the World is a collection of short stories by Tobias Wolff that examines aspects of everyday life, touching on relationships, personal growth, and societal expectations.

793 pages ; 21 cm

Maeve Binchy’s collection of short stories explores the everyday dramas of family, travel, and chance encounters.

On every Friday night a lilac minibus leaves Dublin for the Irish village of Rathdoon, carrying a colorful cast of commuters whose private lives unfold in unexpected ways on the journey.

Short stories of life in a Louisiana bayou, featuring the Creole way of life and miscegenation, written by Kate Chopin, a prominent figure in American literature.

"Maeve Binchy, "the grand story teller, "* returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea ... Stoneyville is a small town on the coast of Ireland where all the families know each other. When Chicky decides to take an old decaying mansion, Stone House, and turn it into a restful place for a holiday by the sea, the town thinks she is crazy. She is helped by Rigger (a bad boy turned good who is handy around the place) and her niece Orla (a whiz at business). Finally the first week of paying guests arrive: John, the American movie star thinks he has arrived incognito; Winnie and Lillian, forced into taking a holiday together; Nuala and Henry, husband and wife, both doctors who have been shaken by seeing too much death; Anders, the Swedish boy, hates his father's business, but has a real talent for music; Miss Nell Howe, a retired school teacher, who criticizes everything and leaves a day early, much to everyone's relief; the Walls who have entered in 200 contests (and won everything from a microwave oven to velvet curtains, including the week at Stone House); and Freda, the psychic who is afraid of her own visions. You will laugh and cry as you spend the week with this odd group who share their secrets and might even have some of their dreams come true."--

A collection of short stories by Edmund Wilson that sketch American middle‑class suburban life, social customs, and intellectual dynamics within a fictional county.