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Collections of Short Stories
Single-author short story collections.
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The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
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| 1871 |
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Graffiti Stories
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| 1871 |
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Portable Curiosities
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| 1871 |
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Are We Having Fun Yet? American Indian Fantasy Stories
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3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings
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| 1871 |
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The Collected Short Stories
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Jeffrey Archer (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 2,592 ratings
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| 1871 |
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تقارير السيدة راء
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| 1871 |
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Grand Union
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| 1871 |
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The Adventures of Henry Turnbuckle: Detective Comedies
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4.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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| 1871 |
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Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle
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| 1871 |
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Olive, Again (Olive Kitteridge, #2)
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Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 107,807 ratings
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| 1871 |
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Bliss Montage
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Ling Ma (Goodreads Author)
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| 1871 |
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Tales of Wonder
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| 1871 |
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The Tidewater Tales
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| 1871 |
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Waiting for the Fear
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4.35 avg rating — 8,039 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Don't Read This Book If You're Stupid
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3.30 avg rating — 647 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Hart and Boot and Other Stories
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Tim Pratt (Goodreads Author)
4.09 avg rating — 154 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Believing Is Seeing
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3.79 avg rating — 488 ratings
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| 1915 |
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American Ghosts & Old World Wonders
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3.71 avg rating — 469 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Deliveries: A Collection
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4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Why Goats Smell Bad and Other Stories from Benin
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3.70 avg rating — 71 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Romantic Fairy Tales
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Carol Tully (Editor)
3.72 avg rating — 106 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Minor Arcana
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3.84 avg rating — 218 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Young Warriors: Stories of Strength
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3.92 avg rating — 3,929 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories
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3.94 avg rating — 888 ratings
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| 1915 |
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The Living and the Dead
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3.77 avg rating — 1,517 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Tapping the Dream Tree (Newford, #9)
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Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author)
4.26 avg rating — 2,512 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Glimmer Train Stories #72
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Susan Burmeister-Brown (Editor)
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Stripped
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| 1915 |
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Apprentice Fantastic
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Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
3.40 avg rating — 52 ratings
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| 1915 |
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A Tidewater Morning
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3.88 avg rating — 1,407 ratings
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| 1915 |
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How to Fare Well and Stay Fair
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Adnan Mahmutovic (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings
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| 1915 |
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In the Convent of Little Flowers: Stories
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Indu Sundaresan (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 742 ratings
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| 1915 |
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The Question of Bruno
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3.94 avg rating — 1,543 ratings
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| 1915 |
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In the Wings: Stories of Forgotten Women
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Bernadette Rule (Editor)
4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Granta – Uuden kirjallisuuden areena 1: Ruoka
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Aleksi Pöyry (Editor)
3.12 avg rating — 42 ratings
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| 1915 |
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The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories
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3.59 avg rating — 260 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Mama's Boy and Other Dark Tales
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Fran Friel (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 88 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Christmas Ghosts (Fiction River, #4)
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Kristine Grayson (Editor)
3.67 avg rating — 36 ratings
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| 1915 |
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The Worm of the Ages and Other Tails: Six Short Fantasies
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4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
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| 1915 |
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The Golden Cockerel
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3.75 avg rating — 207 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Stories of World War One
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3.76 avg rating — 55 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Travelling for the Hell of it
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3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings
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| 1915 |
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And Thereby Hangs a Tale
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Jeffrey Archer (Goodreads Author)
3.73 avg rating — 8,033 ratings
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| 1915 |
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أحاديث جدتي
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3.42 avg rating — 139 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Lot
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3.75 avg rating — 10,235 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Humor, Horror and the Supernatural: 22 Stories by Saki
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3.81 avg rating — 105 ratings
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| 1915 |
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The Adventures of Baron Münchausen
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3.80 avg rating — 8,258 ratings
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| 1915 |
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Love of Life
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4.10 avg rating — 2,472 ratings
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| 1915 |
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The Short Stories
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4.36 avg rating — 700 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Secret Goldfish: Stories
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3.52 avg rating — 406 ratings
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| 1950 |
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In the Days of Sand and Stars
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Marlee Pinsker (Goodreads Author)
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| 1950 |
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The Guyanese Wanderer: Stories (The Linda Bruckheimer Series in Kentucky Literature)
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4.17 avg rating — 12 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Strange Wine
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4.13 avg rating — 2,270 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime: Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes from the Time of Sherlock Holmes
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Michael Sims (Editor)
3.73 avg rating — 347 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins Mysteries (Easy Rawlins Mysteries, #1-5)
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4.46 avg rating — 127 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Revenge: Short Stories by Women Writers
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Kate Saunders (Editor)
3.44 avg rating — 16 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Portable Poe
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4.28 avg rating — 2,202 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Vampire Detectives
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Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
3.48 avg rating — 63 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Development: Nine Stories
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3.44 avg rating — 437 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Portable Ring Lardner
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4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Stories of Richard Bausch
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Richard Bausch (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 530 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Happily Ever After (Girls to the Rescue, #1)
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3.90 avg rating — 643 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Floating in My Mother's Palm
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3.83 avg rating — 3,519 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Youth / Heart of Darkness / The End of the Tether
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3.95 avg rating — 450 ratings
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| 1950 |
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First Love, Last Rites
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Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author)
3.63 avg rating — 7,307 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
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4.25 avg rating — 26,910 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Heart, Body, Soul: Erotica with Character (New Smut Project Book 1)
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4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Shell Collector
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Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 18,129 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror
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3.28 avg rating — 6,355 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Optimist's Daughter
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3.52 avg rating — 15,171 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Island Boyz
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Graham Salisbury (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 66 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Spirit of Glassboro & Other Tales of Terror
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Andrew Kraus (Goodreads Author)
4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Bicentennial Man and Other Stories
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4.14 avg rating — 16,064 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Manticore's Vow
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Cassandra Rose Clarke (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 52 ratings
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| 1950 |
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The Crimes of Love
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3.54 avg rating — 2,346 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Uncollected Stories of William Faulkner
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4.15 avg rating — 347 ratings
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| 1950 |
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Good Citizens Need Not Fear: Stories
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3.81 avg rating — 1,898 ratings
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| 1978 |
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How This Night Is Different: Stories
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3.70 avg rating — 205 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Stop Breakin Down: Stories
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3.86 avg rating — 36 ratings
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| 1978 |
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The Heroes & Other Stories
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Kat Hausler (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Selected Stories
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4.05 avg rating — 568 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Legally Correct Fairy Tales
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3.24 avg rating — 152 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Assignment in Eternity
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3.77 avg rating — 4,131 ratings
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| 1978 |
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The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
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Michael Sims (Editor)
3.64 avg rating — 325 ratings
score: 88,
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| 1978 |
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The Fahrenheit Twins
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3.77 avg rating — 1,216 ratings
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| 1978 |
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BEYOND THE CAYENNE WALL: Collection of Short Stories
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Shaila M. Abdullah (Goodreads Author)
3.50 avg rating — 26 ratings
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| 1978 |
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The bread and butter stories
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3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers
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Paul Negri (Editor)
3.74 avg rating — 155 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Merlin
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Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
3.66 avg rating — 99 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Forecast: Turbulence
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3.69 avg rating — 108 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Selected Stories of Sholom Aleichem
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4.07 avg rating — 41 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Natasha and Other Stories
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David Bezmozgis (Goodreads Author)
3.79 avg rating — 1,947 ratings
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| 1978 |
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De elfde vinger: erotische misdaadverhalen van een dadaïst
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4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Just a Girl (Girls to the Rescue, #2)
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3.96 avg rating — 137 ratings
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| 1978 |
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On the Golden Porch
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3.91 avg rating — 330 ratings
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| 1978 |
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The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (The Gonzo Papers, #1)
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4.09 avg rating — 14,219 ratings
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| 1978 |
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The Dead Witness: A Connoisseur's Collection of Victorian Detective Stories
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Michael Sims (Editor)
3.71 avg rating — 360 ratings
score: 88,
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| 1978 |
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Dreams of Distant Shores
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3.93 avg rating — 776 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Between the Shores: Erotica with Consent (New Smut Project Book 2)
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4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
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| 1978 |
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Driving Blind
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3.59 avg rating — 1,570 ratings
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Jul 18, 2008 04:13PM
These look like some interesting books however, the only one I've read is Interpreter of Maladies which I didn't enjoy. I haven't read short stories in living memory so I can't vote on this list, but thanks for asking anyway.
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Unaccustomed Earth is on the list twice.
I put in Stephen Zweig and got "No authors found". Looks like we're just getting started here.
I haven't read most of these but it's a good list. Some good writers on it. Thanks!
Thom wrote: "I put in Stephen Zweig and got "No authors found". Looks like we're just getting started here."If you spell his name "Stefan Zweig" you should get all his major works ...
Themis-Athena wrote: "Thom wrote: "I put in Stephen Zweig and got "No authors found". Looks like we're just getting started here."If you spell his name "Stefan Zweig" you should get all his major works ..."
I had in mind "Unsichtbare Sammlung" and "The Sleep Seller" (sp Silberzweig ?)
I've already exhausted my 100 permitted entries, so I can't add them myself, but the ISBN nos. of the first one are:1885586000 - "Invisible Collection" (English version)
3920856252 - "Unsichtbare Sammlung" (German version)
Couldn't find "The Sleep Seller" ... do you mean "Silberne Saiten"? (That's a collection of poetry, though, I think.)
Themis-Athena wrote: "I've already exhausted my 100 permitted entries, so I can't add them myself, but the ISBN nos. of the first one are:1885586000 - "Invisible Collection" (English version)
3920856252 - "Unsichtbare..."
Guy can't sleep. Wandering through the night he finds (or dreams) of a below-street-level shop where a mad proprietor charges old people to sleep sitting at a large table. He wakes them periodically to charge them for sleeping. Narrator decides that's where he belongs, but can't find it. Basically, a surreal older man's dream vision. Could it be by Ilse Aichinger ?
Sorry -- I'm drawing a blank (probably because I'm in a mental year-end twilight zone anyway). Sounds like an inquiry for that What's That Book site! (http://www.whatsthatbook.com)
Different Seasons is NOT a collection of short storiesIt's a collection of 4 NOVELLAS!
Any list of best short story collections without Akutagawa would be a mistake. He's the master of short stories.
Trang wrote: "Any list of best short story collections without Akutagawa would be a mistake. He's the master of short stories."Anybody can add books to a list on GR, so feel free to do so yourself! It's easy: Just click on the tab "add books to this list," up above next to "all votes," and then add any books you like, either from your own bookshelves or by performing a search in the GR database.
So many great new short stories to read!!!
Choyang wrote: "any new story"Twisted Sick.
Ender's Game definitely isn't a short story book -- looks like there are a few other novels on here too.
Are collections of fairy tales considered to be short stories? Haven't added any, as I wasn't sure...
Isn't The Captain's Daughter (currently #402) a novel?
About a month ago, Bookloving lady wrote:>> Are collections of fairy tales considered to be short stories?
Good question, I think... Particularly where the fairy tales have been altered or extended by the collector/author/editor's own prose, such as the works of Angela Carter -- eg. "The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories", or "The Old Wives' Fairy Tale Book".
And what about mythology, such as Edith Hamilton's or Thomas Bullfinch's ? Or Hamilton Wright Mabie's "Norse Stories" ? I'm inclined to say that yes, these are types of short stories, but I was a physics and math major with a pathetic background in the humanities... I'd appreciate other opinions.
In a similar vein, what about the "New Journalism" style of Tom Wolfe, eg. "The Kandy-Kolored Tangering-Flake Streamline Baby" and "The Pump House Gang", presented in short story style ? Or Hunter S. Thompson's Gonzo Journalism, such as "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail" ? Should those be considered as types of short stories ? I would welcome any input.
Bob wrote: "And what about mythology..."You're right... Hadn't even thought of that, even though I have several, but most mythological stories come into question as well ...
# 34 is a poetry collection. Do you want me to remove it?
This is an awesome list, one of my favorites.The system found and removed one duplicate.
The list still looks pretty strong, but I notice that some collections of nonfiction are creeping in. Nicole, do you want those yanked? Also, I want to advocate for Edward P. Jones's Lost in the City, which I don't think deserves to be buried on page 2. If others think likewise, they should vote for his book if not already done.
The system found and removed 4 duplicates.
I deleted two nonfiction books. Yes, Donna, I think you should definitely delete books you are certain are nonfiction.
The system found and removed 1 duplicate, and I removed David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day, which classifies as memoir/nonfiction, from #37.https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
And from #74, David Sedaris again, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7...
Victor wrote: "The Infinite Library and Other Stories"Victor, if you want to add that collection, you have to do it yourself. Go to the list and click the tab at the top that says "Add Book to this List". All of your own titles should come up, each with a button to add the title to the list. Nobody else will do this for you. Amazon employees don't work on this list; volunteers like me do. And when you drop a title into this comment section, which is intended for technical issues, you summon a volunteer to come and see what the problem is. I can't help you with this one.
I removed #1001, Ender's Game. It's a novel.
Looking at the first page:-the Pattaya Youtuber and Morley Roberts books are clearly spammed by bots.
-those Egyptian books all by the same author are obviously being shilled by the same group, looking at a few other short stories lists, they're all there in the exact same order.
Hope those get removed ASAP
Daniela wrote: "Notes From A Turkish Whorehouse"Daniela, if you would like this book added to the list, you have to do that yourself. Use the tabs at the top of the list. If the book is already on the list and you believe it should be removed, please tell me what page it is on, and in what way it falls outside the parameters set by the list maker.
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