Looking for a quick read ? You’ll find plenty of short fiction on our Original Books section. Among the new releases you’ll find:
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Featured Books: Quick Reads
Friday, July 31st, 2009Featured Book: Suggested Oddities
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
A Carnival of the strangest freaks, interstellar music critics and magical gibbons are just some of the oddities you’ll meet in this collection of 15 stories inspired by suggestions from members of Mobileread.com.
A collection of short stories by PJ Lyon.
Best-selling author Paulo Coelho on Feedbooks
Saturday, May 9th, 2009
Paulo Coelho, a brazilian author best known for his allegorical novel The Alchemist, recently published several of his short stories on Feedbooks:
- The Way of the Bow in English, Portuguese, Italian, Spanish and German
- Stories for Parents, Children and Grandchildren in English for both Volume 1 & Volume 2
It’s a very pleasant surprise to have such a well-known author publishing some of his works himself on Feedbooks, and it proves once again his commitment to e-books.
2009 Hugo Award Nominations
Sunday, March 22nd, 2009Three of the 2009 Hugo award nominees are available as free download on Feedbooks:
- Best Novel:
- Best Novella:
- Best Novelette:
A full list of previously nominated books is also available.
Featured List: Monsieur Lecoq
Friday, March 13th, 2009
Monsieur Lecoq is the creation of Émile Gaboriau, a 19th century French writer and journalist. Monsieur Lecoq is a fictional detective employed by the French Sûreté. The character is one of the pioneers of the genre and a major influence on Sherlock Holmes (who, in A Study in Scarlet, calls him “a miserable bungler”), laying the ground work for the methodical, scientifically minded detective. In French, “Monsieur” is “Mister” and his surname literally means “The Rooster”.
Featured Book: How to Disappear Completely
Monday, January 19th, 2009Sitting at the top of a Ferris wheel overlooking the Boston skyline, Josh’s life takes an unexpected turn, and things will never be the same. Along with the many surprises on his life’s new path, he’ll come to take life advice from a family of ducks, get in a bloody war with a dog, lose his job over a spilled drink, wake up in the hospital, apply to work at an adult-themed novelty bakery, and find out that people often aren’t what they seem. When you’re at the top of the world, there’s nowhere to go but down.
Featured Book: Beasts of New York
Thursday, January 8th, 2009An urban fantasy about the wildlife of New York City, starring a squirrel protagonist who has to find his way from exile in Staten Island back to his home in Central Park.
Merry Christmas !
Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
We created a special list for Christmas:
- Website: http://www.feedbooks.com/list/362
- Mobile Website: http://www.feedbooks.com/mobile/displaylist/362
- On Stanza: you’ll find a Christmas catalog in the list
- On our dedicated Kindle guide: use the table of contents to access our lists, and select “Christmas”
Featured Book: The Revelation and a Hundred Other Stories
Sunday, December 14th, 2008
101 innovative stories packed with dark humour. They explore the blur between illusion and reality, the commercialisation life, confused self-identity, tongue-in-cheek remixes of classic tales, surreal takes on life-as-a-computer-game and the writing process itself.
- A man wakes up in a detention camp where inmates are forced to write comedy …
- A visit to a chemist produces life-altering vitamin pills …
- A nobleman makes a shocking discovery when he passes through a sacred portal …
Featured Book: Obnoxious Librarian From Hades
Saturday, December 13th, 2008satire from a librarian in a large bureaucracy, trying to surving boring meetings, clueless managers, reorganisations, offshored helpdesks and l-users (library users)
