Penguin Modern

The Black Ball by Ralph Ellison

The Black Ball

Penguin Modern #12

Ralph Ellison

53 pages • first pub 1944 (editions)

fiction classics race short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
Till September Petronella by Jean Rhys

Till September Petronella

Penguin Modern #13

Jean Rhys

64 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
Investigations of a Dog by Franz Kafka

Investigations of a Dog

Penguin Modern #14

Franz Kafka

57 pages • first pub 1922 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective slow-paced
An Advertisement for Toothpaste by Ryszard Kapuściński

An Advertisement for Toothpaste

Penguin Modern #16

Ryszard Kapuściński

53 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

nonfiction short stories challenging reflective medium-paced
The Vigilante by John Steinbeck

The Vigilante

Penguin Modern #18

John Steinbeck

54 pages • first pub 1938 (editions)

fiction classics short stories dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
I Have More Souls Than One by Fernando Pessoa

I Have More Souls Than One

Penguin Modern #19

Fernando Pessoa

64 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction classics poetry short stories reflective relaxing medium-paced
The Missing Girl by Shirley Jackson

The Missing Girl

Penguin Modern #20

Shirley Jackson

55 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories challenging reflective fast-paced
Four Russian Short Stories by Nina Berberova, Galina Kuznetsova, Bryan Karetnyk, Yury Felsen, Gaito Gazdanov, Gazdanov & Others

Four Russian Short Stories

Penguin Modern #21

Nina Berberova, Galina Kuznetsova, Bryan Karetnyk, Yury Felsen, Gaito Gazdanov, Gazdanov & Others

64 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction classics short stories reflective medium-paced
The Distance of the Moon by Italo Calvino

The Distance of the Moon

Penguin Modern #22

Italo Calvino

64 pages • first pub 1965 (editions)

fiction classics fantasy magical realism science fiction short stories adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde

The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House

Penguin Modern #23

Audre Lorde

64 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced