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The 25 Greatest Short Stories Of All Time - Forbes

Top Short Stories · 1. The Lottery By Shirley Jackson (1948) · 2. The Tell-Tale Heart By Edgar Allan Poe (1843) · 3. A Good Man Is Hard to Find ...

Short and sweet: the best stories to read right now - The Guardian

Ten of the best short stories ever written · “The Dead” by James Joyce · “Emergency” by Denis Johnson · “The Garden Party” by Katherine ...

Does anyone actually read short stories? : r/writing - Reddit

Short stories are actually really good to be able to write because there's multiple publishing options. There's a LOT of literary journals and ...

What's so great about short stories? - Joslyn Chase

Short stories focus down on a single, life-changing moment, giving us an inside view into a character and how they are affected in this moment and moving ...

Why Short Stories Are Good For Busy Readers - BookViral

Short stories are perfect for busy readers with all the spills and thrills of longer fiction in a few minutes of literary indulgence.

The best short stories ever written - Penguin Books

Here are 50 of literature's greatest short stories to entertain, distract, reassure and inspire – just what a short story should do.

Best Short Stories and Collections Everyone Should Read - Reedsy

Here we have gathered thirty-one of the best short stories and collections, from all sorts of backgrounds and sources, to help you grow your “To Be Read” pile.

What are the best short stories, and what makes them so? - Quora

Here are three of my favorites. Uncle wiggily in Connecticut, JD Salinger, Nine Stories Mary Jane and Eloise, two college dropouts, ...

The world at an angle: reasons to love short stories - The Guardian

Perhaps the best thing about short stories is that they are short. It is time we stop apologising for their brevity and begin celebrating it ...

43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language

From Washington Irving to Kristen Roupenian · Washington Irving, “Rip Van Winkle” (1819) and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” (1820) · Edgar Allan ...

What are some good short stories? - Quora

A couple of them 1. A guy was in love with a girl but never had the guts to tell her. One night around 11PM, he gathered some courage & sent ...

10 of the best short story books and collections from the Booker Library

Here, we showcase the best books of stories that have been nominated for our two prizes – including some that could also be described as novels.

The Big List of the Best Short Stories to Read Online - GLOBE SOUP

The Big List of the Best Short Stories to Read Online · The Daughters of the Moon · Exhalation · The Hunter's Wife. Anthony Doerr. In his story ...

Best Short Stories of All Time (568 books) - Goodreads

Best Short Stories Of All Time · 1. The Lottery · 2. The Yellow Wall-Paper · 3. The Complete Stories and Poems · 4. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · 5.

What is the best short stories have you ever read? | BookTalk.org

These are worth reading; My Old Man - Hemingway, Boule De Suif - Maupassant, The Railwayman - Dickens, Ma Parker - Katherine Mansfield, Manual For Cleaning ...

Best Short Stories of 2023 - Library Journal

The best short stories of 2023 provide bite-sized but potent looks at life, loss, grief, oppression, isolation, and, of course, ...

Treat your mind: The 11 best short stories ever written - The Manual

There are a smattering of short stories that stand out from the crowd. Admittedly, it is difficult to call them the best short stories because quality is ...

Short stories are the best. | Absolute Write Water Cooler

I love a good short-story. There's something powerful about them compared to the waffling on of novels. Sometimes less is more, and it's a good opportunity for ...

75 Short-Short Stories - American Literature

"The night came slowly, softly, as I lay out there under the maple tree." ... This metaphysical story feels almost like a Kafka-esque "Where's Waldo?".

38 Best Short Stories of All Time - Reader's Digest

Naked in the Rideshare (Stories of Gross Miscalculations) by Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold. For fans of: Will Not Attend: Lively Stories of ...


Raggedy Ann Stories

Book by Johnny Gruelle

Of Mice and Men

Novella by John Steinbeck https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQAjlDfTQGZzEHVzbnta26n4WTasKtdczDiJGBYKACJEEKpQ8B0

Of Mice and Men is a 1937 novella written by American author John Steinbeck. It describes the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, as they move from place to place in California, searching for jobs during the Great Depression.

Candide

Novel by Voltaire https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQQE-rmmcD1mVwccM4fURfXZxWeM4wKv4lA3u-CGMJG9MI5EhPD

Candide, ou l'Optimisme is a French satire written by Voltaire, a philosopher of the Age of Enlightenment, first published in 1759.

The Great Gatsby

Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbSF6gO78cx31SLBbDfeRcazJoDOx7PlGwdNps2LEgJWoehu4e

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with Jay Gatsby, the mysterious millionaire with an obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl

Book by Roald Dahl

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl is a 1991 short story collection for adults by Roald Dahl. The collection containing tales of macabre malevolence comprises many of Dahl's stories seen in the television series Tales of the Unexpected and previously collected in Someone Like You, Kiss, Kiss, Twenty-Nine Kisses from Roald Dahl, Switch Bitch, and Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life: The Country Stories of Roald Dahl.

O. Henry Short Stories

Book by O. Henry