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Single-author short story collections.
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Sketches from a Hunter's Album
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The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth
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Sarah Monette (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
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I Met a Gypsy
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Cairo
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G. Willow Wilson (Goodreads Author)
3.76 avg rating — 2,408 ratings
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True colors: and other short stories
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Michelle D. Argyle (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 42 ratings
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Stories of Motherhood (Everyman's Library Pocket Classics Series)
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Diana Secker Tesdell (Editor)
3.54 avg rating — 65 ratings
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The Ghost Pirates and Others: The Best of William Hope Hodgson
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3.84 avg rating — 132 ratings
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The Big Book Of Favorite Horse Stories: Twenty-five Outstanding Stories
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P.C. Braun (Editor)
4.17 avg rating — 71 ratings
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The Complete Stories
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4.23 avg rating — 869 ratings
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Civil War Stories
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3.90 avg rating — 1,204 ratings
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Book of Enchantments
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Patricia C. Wrede (Goodreads Author)
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| 712 |
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The Unicorn in the Garden and Other Fables for Our Time
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3.95 avg rating — 146 ratings
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الحرافيش
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4.39 avg rating — 20,103 ratings
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| 714 |
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Forgotten Treasures: 25 Short Fiction Tales
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Lisa Kessler (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
score: 166,
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This Is Paradise: Stories
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Kristiana Kahakauwila (Goodreads Author)
4.07 avg rating — 1,567 ratings
score: 166,
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The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq
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3.82 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
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4.38 avg rating — 440,946 ratings
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All Fires the Fire
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4.29 avg rating — 13,146 ratings
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The Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #6)
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4.27 avg rating — 69,174 ratings
score: 165,
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Of Pain and Ecstasy: Collected Poems
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Victor D. López (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال
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3.72 avg rating — 32,605 ratings
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| 723 |
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Five Stop Story: Short Stories to Read in 5 Stops on Your Commute
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3.68 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 164,
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Diary of a Madman and Other Stories
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3.91 avg rating — 2,475 ratings
score: 164,
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| 725 |
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The Last Train Home & Other Stories
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Erin Lawless (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings
score: 163,
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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 4: The Minority Report
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4.11 avg rating — 14,538 ratings
score: 163,
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| 727 |
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Swimming Lessons and Other Stories from Firozsha Baag
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3.93 avg rating — 4,530 ratings
score: 162,
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| 727 |
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Threshold (The Collected Stories of Roger Zelazny, Vol 1)
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4.45 avg rating — 269 ratings
score: 162,
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| 727 |
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Finbar's Hotel
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Dermot Bolger (Editor & Contributor)
3.42 avg rating — 716 ratings
score: 162,
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| 727 |
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Twilight Temptations: Tales of Lust, Dark Desire, and Magic
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Jason Andrew (Goodreads Author)
3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 162,
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| 731 |
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Demon in the Basement
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Laura Eno (Goodreads Author)
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score: 161,
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Stones
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3.78 avg rating — 522 ratings
score: 161,
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The Complete Father Brown Stories
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4.03 avg rating — 10,636 ratings
score: 161,
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The Owl in the Attic and Other Perplexities
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3.85 avg rating — 203 ratings
score: 160,
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Heads & Tales
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Karina Kantas (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings
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Fancies and Goodnights
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4.05 avg rating — 956 ratings
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Freaks (Jane Rizzoli & Maura Isles, #8.5)
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Tess Gerritsen (Goodreads Author)
3.60 avg rating — 9,712 ratings
score: 159,
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2BR02B
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3.95 avg rating — 20,197 ratings
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Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories
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3.87 avg rating — 583 ratings
score: 159,
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Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories
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3.93 avg rating — 2,277 ratings
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| 741 |
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Hoffman's Creeper and Other Disturbing Tales
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Cameron Trost (Goodreads Author)
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score: 158,
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Sleeping at the Starlite Motel: and Other Adventures on the Way Back Home
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3.91 avg rating — 1,748 ratings
score: 158,
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Bad Dirt
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3.98 avg rating — 4,049 ratings
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| 744 |
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The Sunny Side: Short Stories and Poems for Proper Grown-Ups
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3.83 avg rating — 436 ratings
score: 157,
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A Consortium of Worlds #2
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Courtney Cantrell (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 157,
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Teatro Grottesco
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4.10 avg rating — 5,724 ratings
score: 157,
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Water (Tales of Elemental Spirits, #1)
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3.68 avg rating — 3,078 ratings
score: 156,
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The Gods She Chose
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Liat Segal (Goodreads Author)
4.31 avg rating — 13 ratings
score: 156,
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Red Dot Irreal
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Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 36 ratings
score: 155,
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| 750 |
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Later Short Stories, 1888-1903
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4.52 avg rating — 117 ratings
score: 154,
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I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon
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3.90 avg rating — 903 ratings
score: 154,
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Restless Nights: Selected Stories
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4.13 avg rating — 754 ratings
score: 154,
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Shadows of Lost Time: Stories
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Kanwarpreet Grewal (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 10 ratings
score: 153,
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Personal Anthology
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4.36 avg rating — 735 ratings
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The Black Sheep and Other Fables: Tales Wry, Sly, and Truly Fabulous
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4.07 avg rating — 1,510 ratings
score: 153,
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The Yellow Birds
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3.74 avg rating — 26,526 ratings
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The Rose and the Beast: Fairy Tales Retold
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Francesca Lia Block (Goodreads Author)
3.77 avg rating — 7,364 ratings
score: 153,
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| 758 |
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Fragile Words: A Collection of Verses and Short Stories
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Luke Benjamen Kuhns (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
score: 152,
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| 758 |
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Twelve Red Herrings
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Jeffrey Archer (Goodreads Author)
3.78 avg rating — 9,431 ratings
score: 152,
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| 760 |
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Brave New Worlds
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4.05 avg rating — 2,649 ratings
score: 151,
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| 760 |
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Stranded Love
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Massimo Marino (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
score: 151,
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| 762 |
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Modus Operandi: and other crime stories
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Loretta Green (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 150,
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| 763 |
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Amidst Traffic
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Michel Sauret (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 55 ratings
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| 763 |
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Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014
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4.15 avg rating — 1,855 ratings
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Skin and Other Stories
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4.02 avg rating — 8,272 ratings
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| 766 |
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Bad Haircut: Stories of the Seventies
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3.75 avg rating — 2,155 ratings
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2041: 12 Stories About the Future
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3.77 avg rating — 213 ratings
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| 766 |
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The Temple of Air: Stories
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Patricia Ann McNair (Goodreads Author)
4.10 avg rating — 97 ratings
score: 148,
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| 769 |
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The Crystal Frontier
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3.81 avg rating — 1,485 ratings
score: 147,
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| 769 |
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Faithless: Tales of Transgression
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3.70 avg rating — 1,597 ratings
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| 769 |
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The Snow Deer and Other Stories
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K.A. Krisko (Goodreads Author)
4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
score: 147,
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Accordion Crimes
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3.60 avg rating — 7,732 ratings
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We Others: New and Selected Stories
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3.93 avg rating — 986 ratings
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| 774 |
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The Black Madonna
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3.64 avg rating — 170 ratings
score: 146,
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| 774 |
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Secrets and Lies
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Kody Keplinger (Goodreads Author)
3.57 avg rating — 1,607 ratings
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The Izu Dancer and Other Stories: The Counterfeiter, Obasute, The Full Moon
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3.65 avg rating — 225 ratings
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| 774 |
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A Touch of Chill
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3.61 avg rating — 103 ratings
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| 774 |
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T.C. Boyle Stories
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T. Coraghessan Boyle (Goodreads Author)
4.20 avg rating — 1,703 ratings
score: 146,
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| 779 |
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The Gay Icon Contemporary Short Stories
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Robert Joseph Greene (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
score: 145,
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| 779 |
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De repente un toquido en la puerta
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Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author)
3.92 avg rating — 7,988 ratings
score: 145,
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| 779 |
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The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford
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3.72 avg rating — 1,528 ratings
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| 782 |
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Red Cavalry
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3.98 avg rating — 4,357 ratings
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| 783 |
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The Heat of the Sun
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3.88 avg rating — 32 ratings
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| 783 |
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The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
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3.98 avg rating — 1,282 ratings
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| 783 |
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The Devil You Know
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Poppy Z. Brite (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 651 ratings
score: 143,
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| 786 |
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Arabian Nights & Days
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4.11 avg rating — 9,631 ratings
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| 786 |
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Chronicles of the Haulm Boys (MPire #0)
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T.L. James (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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| 788 |
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Space Grunts
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4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
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| 789 |
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Backstage Passes: An Anthology of Rock and Roll Erotica from the Pages of Blue Blood
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4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
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| 789 |
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The Moons of Jupiter
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3.89 avg rating — 5,226 ratings
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| 791 |
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Again, Dangerous Visions
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Harlan Ellison (Editor)
4.15 avg rating — 4,291 ratings
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| 791 |
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The Hermit's Story
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4.09 avg rating — 628 ratings
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| 791 |
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Forgetting English
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Midge Raymond (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 136 ratings
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| 794 |
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Around the World in 80 Pages
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Sharon E. Cathcart (Goodreads Author)
3.69 avg rating — 13 ratings
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Gentleman Junkie and Other Stories of the Hung-Up Generation
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Lettere dal buio
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Germano Dalcielo (Goodreads Author)
3.27 avg rating — 91 ratings
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| 797 |
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The Simple Art of Murder
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4.13 avg rating — 6,236 ratings
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| 797 |
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A Consortium of Worlds
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4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
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First Love and Other Sorrows: Stories
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3.79 avg rating — 872 ratings
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Just an Ordinary Day: The Uncollected Stories
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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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