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The Best Short Stories Books

Updated 2026-07-25 · 30 books

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  1. 1 Cover of People We Love Preeti Shenoy

    People We Love Preeti Shenoy

    Shency.

    FictionShort stories
  2. 2 Cover of I think of you

    I think of you

    Ahdaf Soueif

    FictionShort StoriesShort Stories (Single Author)
  3. 3 Cover of Another Kind Of Cinderella And Other Stories

    Another Kind Of Cinderella And Other Stories

    Angela Huth

    FictionShort Stories (Single Author)Revenge
  4. 4 Cover of Funny Once

    Funny Once

    Antonya Nelson

    Short storiesFictionShort Stories (Single Author)
  5. 5 Cover of Problems with people

    Problems with people

    David Guterson

    American Short storiesFictionRomance fiction
  6. 6 Cover of Gods and angels

    Gods and angels

    David Park

    Short storiesFictionShort Stories (Single Author)
  7. 7 Cover of Africa39

    Africa39

    Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey

    African fiction (English)Translations into EnglishShort stories
  8. 8

    Austenistan

    Laleen Sukhera

    ParodiesImitationsMan-woman relationships
  9. 9

    Beirut 39

    Samuel Shimon

    Translations into EnglishArabic literatureArabic fiction
  10. 10

    This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You

    Jon McGregor

    Short storiesFictionShort Stories (Single Author)
  11. 11 Cover of Coup de foudre

    Coup de foudre

    Ken Kalfus

    Short storiesShort Stories (single author)Fiction
  12. 12 Cover of Moral disorder

    Moral disorder

    Margaret Atwood

    FictionShort StoriesCanadian Autobiographical fiction
  13. 13 Cover of Stone Mattress

    Stone Mattress

    Margaret Atwood

    AuthorsMan-woman relationshipsBetrayal
  14. 14 Cover of The Tent

    The Tent

    Margaret Atwood

    FictionShort FictionExperimental
  15. 15 Cover of Frankenstein dreams

    Frankenstein dreams

    Michael Sims

    English Science fictionEnglish fictionFiction
  16. 16

    This Is the Ritual

    Rob Doyle

    FictionShort Stories (Single Author)General
  17. 17

    Are You Enjoying?

    Mira Sethi

    English literatureShort storiesPakistani (English)
  18. 18 Cover of Time Travellers Almanac

    Time Travellers Almanac

    Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer, Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov

    FictionScience FictionShort Stories
  19. 19

    That Glimpse of Truth

    David Miller, Charles Dickens, Kate Chopin, Антон Павлович Чехов, Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    FictionShort Stories (Single Author)Short stories
  20. 20 Cover of The Paper Menagerie

    The Paper Menagerie

    Ken Liu

    FictionScience fictionShort stories
  21. 21 Cover of Invisible Planets

    Invisible Planets

    Ken Liu

    Short storiesChineseScience fiction
  22. 22 Cover of Prayer for the Living

    Prayer for the Living

    Ben Okri

    English literatureFictionMagical Realism
  23. 23

    White Cat, Black Dog

    Kelly Link

    Short StoriesFantasyFiction
  24. 24

    Tales of Horror

    Edgar Allan Poe

    Short StoriesAristocracyAmerican Horror tales
  25. 25 Cover of Flappers and Philosophers

    Flappers and Philosophers

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    FictionShort Stories (Single Author)Social life and customs
  26. 26 Cover of Humorous Tales

    Humorous Tales

    Rudyard Kipling

    Short storiesEnglish literature
  27. 27

    His Last Bow

    Arthur Conan Doyle

    Short StoriesDetective and mystery fictionFiction
  28. 28 Cover of Into the Uncut Grass

    Into the Uncut Grass

    Trevor Noah

    Graphic Novels & ComicsLiteratureFiction
  29. 29 Cover of Barrel Fever

    Barrel Fever

    David Sedaris

    HumourShort StoriesHumor (Nonfiction)
  30. 30

    Life's Too Short

    Faiza S. Khan, Aysha Raja

    General & Literary FictionShort storiesTranslations Into English

At a glance

# Book Author
1 People We Love Preeti Shenoy Shency.
2 I think of you Ahdaf Soueif
3 Another Kind Of Cinderella And Other Stories Angela Huth
4 Funny Once Antonya Nelson
5 Problems with people David Guterson
6 Gods and angels David Park
7 Africa39 Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ellah Wakatama Allfrey
8 Austenistan Laleen Sukhera
9 Beirut 39 Samuel Shimon
10 This Isn't the Sort of Thing That Happens to Someone Like You Jon McGregor
11 Coup de foudre Ken Kalfus
12 Moral disorder Margaret Atwood
13 Stone Mattress Margaret Atwood
14 The Tent Margaret Atwood
15 Frankenstein dreams Michael Sims
16 This Is the Ritual Rob Doyle
17 Are You Enjoying? Mira Sethi
18 Time Travellers Almanac Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer, Douglas Adams, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov
19 That Glimpse of Truth David Miller, Charles Dickens, Kate Chopin, Антон Павлович Чехов, Jorge Luis Borges, Roald Dahl, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
20 The Paper Menagerie Ken Liu
21 Invisible Planets Ken Liu
22 Prayer for the Living Ben Okri
23 White Cat, Black Dog Kelly Link
24 Tales of Horror Edgar Allan Poe
25 Flappers and Philosophers F. Scott Fitzgerald
26 Humorous Tales Rudyard Kipling
27 His Last Bow Arthur Conan Doyle
28 Into the Uncut Grass Trevor Noah
29 Barrel Fever David Sedaris
30 Life's Too Short Faiza S. Khan, Aysha Raja

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