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Books

Short Story - Collections

Alexie, Sherman. The Toughest Indian in the World Allen, Woody. Side Effects Allen, Woody. Without Feathers Banks, Melissa. The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing Barthelme, Donald. Sixty Stories Boyle, T.C.. T.C. Boyle Stories Colette, Sidonie-Cabrielle. Collected Stories of Colette Collier, John. Fancies and Goodnights Dahl, Roald. The Roald Dahl Omnibus Fitzgerald, F. Scott. Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald Friedman, Bruce Jay. Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman Gaitskill, Mary. Bad Behavior Homes, A.M.. The Safety of Objects Lardner, Ring. Selected Stories Moore, Lorrie. Birds of America Moore, Lorrie. Self-Help O'Connor, Flannery. The Complete Stories Packer, ZZ. Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Parker, Dorothy. The Portable Dorothy Parker Runyon, Damon. Guys and Dolls Salinger, J.D.. Franny and Zooey Salinger, J.D.. Nine Stories Saunders, George. Pastoralia Schickler, David. Kissing in Manhattan Thurber, James. The Thurber Carnival Twain, Mark. The Portable Mark Twain Vonnegut, Kurt. Welcome to the Monkey House Wallace, David Foster. Girl With Curious Hair

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Novels & Novellas, Contemporary

Adams, Douglas. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Block, Lawrence Boyle, T. C.. Budding Prospects Boyle, T.C.. Drop City Buckley, Christopher. Thank You For Smoking Evanovich, Janet Ferris, Joshua. Then We Came to the End Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones's Diary Flagg, Fannie. Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café Heller, Joseph. Catch-22 Hiassen, Carl Hornby, Nick. High Fidelity Irving, John. The World According to Garp Keillor, Garrison. Lake Woebegone Days Kosinski, Jerzy. Being There Leonard, Elmore Leyner, Mark. Et Tu Babe McInerney, Jay. Bright Lights, Big City Moore, Lorrie. Gate at the Stairs O'Toole, John Kennedy. A Confederacy of Dunces Portis, Charles. Masters of Atlantis Portis, Charles. Norwood Pynchon, Thomas. The Crying of Lot 49 Robbins, Tom. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Roth, Philip. Portnoy's Complaint Russo, Richard. Straight Man Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-Five Wallace, David Foster. Infinite Jest Wolfe, Tom. The Bonfire of the Vanities

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Novels & Novellas, Early/Mid 20th Century

Amis, Kingsley. Lucky Jim Gibbons, Stella. Cold Comfort Farm Nabokov, Vladimir. Lolita Salinger, J.D.. The Catcher in the Rye Waugh, Evelyn. Scoop Waugh, Evelyn. Vile Bodies West, Nathanael. Miss Lonelyhearts Wodehouse, P. G.. Life With Jeeves

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Novels & Novellas, 17th-19th Century

Austen, Jane. Emma Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote Dickens, Charles. A Christmas Carol Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield Dickens, Charles. Great Expectations Gogol, Nikolai. The Overcoat Jerome, Jerome K.. Three Men in a Boat Rabelais, Francois. Garganua and Pantagruel Swift, Jonathan. Gulliver's Travels Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Twain, Mark. Pudd'nhead Wilson Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Twain, Mark. The Prince and the Pauper Voltaire, Francois Marie Arouet de. Candide

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Humor Anthologies

American Satire Created in Darkness Fierce Pajamas Hokum Mirth of a Nation Mountain Man Dance Moves Our Dumb Century Roy Blount's Book of Southern Humor Russell Baker's Book of American Humor Signet Book of American Humor The Best of the Best American Humor The Oxford Book of Humorous Prose

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Nonfiction, Contemporary

America Allen, Woody. Without Feathers Almond, Steve. Not That You Asked Ames, Jonathan. What's Not to Love? Barron, Sara. People are Unappealing Barry, Dave. Dave Barry Turns 50 Barry, Dave. Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys Bombeck, Erma. Forever Erma Bombeck, Erma. If Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? Bourdain, Anthony. Kitchen Confidential Bryson, Bill. A Walk in the Woods Buchwald, Art. We'll Laugh Again Buckley, Christopher. Wry Martinis Burroughs, Augusten. Dry Burroughs, Augusten. Running with Scissors Bushnell, Candace. Sex and the City Cahill, Tim. A Wolverine Is Eating My Leg Cahill, Tim. Road Fever Crosley, Sloane. I Was Told There'd be Cake Daum, Meghan. My Misspent Youth Dowd, Maureen. Bushworld Eggers, David. Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Ephron, Nora. I Feel Bad About My Neck Feig, Paul. Kick Me Franken, Al. Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them Frazier, Ian. Coyote V. ACME Frazier, Ian. Dating Your Mom Geng, Veronica. Love Trouble Handler, Chelsea. My Horizontal Life Horwitz, Tony. Baghdad Without a Map Ivins, Molly. Who Let the Dogs In? Kaysen, Susanne. The Camera My Mother Gave Me Klosterman, Chuck. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Lamott, Anne. Operating Instructions Lebowitz, Fran. Fran Lebowitz Reader Martin, Steve. Pure Drivel Max, Tucker. I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell O'Rourke, P. J.. Parliament of Whores Rakoff, David. Don't Get Too Comfortable Sedaris, David. Dress Your Family in Cordoroy and Denim Sedaris, David. Holidays on Ice Sedaris, David. Me Talk Pretty One Day Sedaris, David. Naked Shepherd, Jean. Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories Thompson, Hunter S.. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Thompson, Hunter S.. Hell’s Angels Trillin, Calvin. The Tummy Trilogy Vowell, Sarah. Take the Cannoli Wallace, David Foster. Consider the Lobster Wolfe, Tom. Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers Wolfe, Tom. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

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Nonfiction, Early/Mid 20th Century

Benchley, Robert. The Best of Robert Benchley Hart, Moss. Act One Mencken, H. L.. The Vintage Mencken Parker, Dorothy. The Portable Dorothy Parker Perelman, S. J.. Most of the Most of S. J. Perelman Thurber, James. The Thurber Carnival White, E.B.. Essays of E.B. White

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Nonfiction, 17th-19th Century

Franklin, Benjamin. Poor Richard's Almanack Johnson, Samuel. Selected Essays Twain, Mark. Following the Equator Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi Twain, Mark. Roughing It Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad

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Periodicals

Magazine/Website - General Interest

Atlantic Monthly Harpers New Yorker Salon Slate Y Yahoo Magazine List

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Magazines - Humor

Cracked Funny Times Happy Woman Mad McSweeney’s Internet nerve Opinions You Should Have Opium The Borowitz Report The Onion Yankee Pot Roast

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Magazine/Website - Specialty

Cosmopolitan Entertainment Weekly Esquire Glamour New York Playboy Rolling Stone Texas Monthly Vanity Fair

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Newspaper

Y Yahoo Newspaper List

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Reference

Craft

So, Is It Done? Submit Gotham Writers' Workshop. Writing Fiction Gutkind, Lee. The Art of Creative Nonfiction Helitzer, Melvin. Comedy Writing Secrets Kachuba, John (ed.). How to Write Funny King, Stephen. On Writing Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird Mendrinos, Jim. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing O'Connor, Flannery. Mystery and Manners Schreiber, Brad. What Are You Laughing At? Vorhaus, John. The Comic Toolbox Zinsser, William. Inventing the Truth

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Directories

Agent Query CLMP Directory of Literary Magazines and Presses Directory of Little Magazines & Small Presses Editor & Publisher Yearbook Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents Literary Marketplace Novel and Short Story Writer's Market Writer's Market Writers' & Artists' Yearbook

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Organizations

Association of Authors' Representatives Council of Literary Magazines and Presses

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General Resources

Link List

Gotham Reading/Resources Lists New York Times Navigator Ref Desk University of Texas Reference Yahoo Reference

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Reference

Bartleby Encyclopedia Britannica First Chapters Google Google Earth Google Maps Lexis/Nexis Library of Congress National Geographic Atlas Poets & Writers Tools for Writers Shaw Guides US Copyright Office Wikipedia

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Words/Usage

American Heritage Dictionary Associated Press Stylebook Chicago Manual of Style Elements of Style Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus (online) Oxford English Dictionary (2 volume) Oxford English Dictionary (20 volume) Oxford English Dictionary (online) Roget's II Thesaurus (alphabetized) Roget's International Thesaurus (categorized) University of Calgary Grammar Guide

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