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Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook: Uncollected Stories and Essays, 1944-1990
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The Menace from Earth (Future History, #18)
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The Friend of Women and Other Stories
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Celtic Fairy Tales
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Damn Near Dead: An Anthology of Geezer Noir
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La marrana negra de la literatura rosa (Narrativa Sexto Piso)
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Nebula Award Stories 4
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The Go-Away Bird and Other Stories
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Wizard Fantastic: 21 Tales of Those Who Dare to Master the Powers and Perils of Realms Beyond the Mortal World
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3.70 avg rating — 88 ratings
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Drinking with the Cook
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Girls to the Rescue, Book #6 (Girls to the Rescue, #6)
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Contos Brasileiros 2
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Marine Park
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The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Volume 5: Door to Anywhere
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The Other Side: An Anthology of Queer Paranormal Romance
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The Island Dwellers: Stories
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Las armas secretas
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Redeployment
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See You in Paradise
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J. Robert Lennon (Goodreads Author)
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قنديل أم هاشم
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A Few Quick Ones (Jeeves, #11.5)
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Earth Is Room Enough
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Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology
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Michael Cox (Editor)
4.07 avg rating — 1,045 ratings
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Strange Brew
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P.N. Elrod (Editor / Contributor)
3.88 avg rating — 11,897 ratings
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Pig Earth
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The Sunday Night Book Club
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3.37 avg rating — 178 ratings
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Diverse Tales
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Opowiadania zebrane
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N-Space
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The Young Apollo And Other Stories
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More Celtic Fairy Tales
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Someone Like You
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Twisted Times
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Alan Moore (Goodreads Author)
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Nebula Award Stories 5
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James Blish (Editor)
3.86 avg rating — 76 ratings
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Best European Fiction 2011
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Aleksandar Hemon (Editor)
3.85 avg rating — 171 ratings
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The Woman Who Rode Away and Other Stories
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Faerie Tales
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Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
3.47 avg rating — 102 ratings
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What to Say to Someone Who's Dying
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Chanel Earl (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings
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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: After Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Richard Lancelyn Green (Editor)
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The King of Limbo: Stories
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Adrianne Harun (Goodreads Author)
3.51 avg rating — 35 ratings
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De onzichtbaren en andere vertellingen
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Girls to the Rescue, Book #7 (Girls to the Rescue, #7)
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While the Women are Sleeping
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Os Melhores Contos de Clarice Lispector
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Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
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The Complete Works of H.P Lovecraft Volume II
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Incomplete Short Stories and Essays
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Getting into Death
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Racconti
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نهارك سعيد
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Summer Rain: An Inspector Banks Short Story
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Strange News from Another Star
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Nine Tomorrows
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The Sing of the Shore
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Memory of Fire
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Kitchens of the Great Midwest
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J. Ryan Stradal (Goodreads Author)
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Black Glass
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Karen Joy Fowler (Goodreads Author)
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Pudd'nhead Wilson and Other Tales
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8 Plus 1
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Reave the Just and Other Tales
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Alone Against Tomorrow: Stories of Alienation in Speculative Fiction
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More English Fairy Tales
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Joseph Jacobs (Editor)
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Some Faces in the Crowd
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Los jefes / Los cachorros
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Nebula Award Stories Seven
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Lloyd Biggle Jr. (Editor)
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Assassin Fantastic
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Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
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Stories of Our Century by Catholic Authors
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Novellen; eerste en tweede deel
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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village
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Creole Folktales
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Family Ties
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Pawn's Gambit: And Other Stratagems
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Tales of Unease
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The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales
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Perfect Recall
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Things That Never Happen
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Queremos tanto a Glenda
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Twenty-five Short Stories
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همس الجنون
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The Fever Tree And Other Stories
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Untouched by Human Hands
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The Complete Short Prose, 1929-1989
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Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
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The Largesse of the Sea Maiden
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Kalpa imperial
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Pricksongs and Descants
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Calm Things: essays
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Shawna Lemay (Goodreads Author)
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The Rumpelstiltskin Problem
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Playgrounds of the Mind: The Sequel to N-Space
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The Queen's Mirror: Fairy Tales by German Women, 1780-1900
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Shawn C. Jarvis (Editor)
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Nebula Award Stories 8
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Elf Magic
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Martin H. Greenberg (Editor)
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Love Stories in This Town: Stories
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Een lot uit de loterij
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Delta of Venus
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The Stoneground Ghost Tales
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The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains
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The Shipshape Miracle and Other Stories (The Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak #10)
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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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