shortstorylove

By now y'all know what I do when I'm nervous: read short story collections!!! These are the three I'm reading now. Any suggestions would be appreciated!! #ebc #shortstorylove

Notafraidofwords

We've Already Gone This Far: Stories

Notafraidofwords

Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self

Notafraidofwords

The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories

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Notafraidofwords

When the Nines Roll Over: And Other Stories

tpixie Book riot had an article about 16 books we should read this fall and about three of them were short stories 8y

Eyelit Have you already read Vonnegut's collections of short stories? If no, I highly recommend those. Otherwise I'd recommend Angela Carter's Bloody Chamber for reimagined fairy tale stories and Zombies vs Unicorns was pretty fun to read 8y

KarenUK

Delicate Edible Birds: And Other Stories

KarenUK

The Secret Lives of People in Love: Stories

Megabooks Thank you @Notafraidofwords @Eyelit and @KarenUK ! I've made a lot of library recs! Unfortunately they don't already have any of them. 😞 (At least as ebooks.) Maybe soon though. They seem to like my recs, so fingers crossed! 8y

Megabooks @tpixie Thanks! I'll have to check it out! 8y

Megabooks By the way peeps, keep them coming. Surely the library will have some. 👍🏻 8y

NovelGirl82

Get in Trouble: Stories

tpixie 💜 8y

Megabooks @NovelGirl82 Thanks! I've read it twice this year during other nervous times. It's a great book. 😃 8y

NovelGirl82 It's one of my favorites! Have you read any of her other collections? 8y

BookishFeminist How about some of the best American short story collections? Those are usually solid. Also

The Thing Around Your Neck

BookishFeminist Any of A.S. Byatt's short story collections. I'm reading this one now and loving it, kind of like Kelly Link

Little Black Book of Stories

BookishFeminist

Fortune Smiles: Stories

BookishFeminist This one or her other one Almost Famous Women are two of my faves

Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories

BookishFeminist I hope your nerves calm soon 💕 8y

Megabooks @NovelGirl82 No. My library doesn't have any others in Kindle format. 8y

Megabooks @BookishFeminist Thank you for the recs! Fortune smiles is the only one I've read. I'll have to check my library. A little calmer this weekend since I've figured out I won't hear about the job until Tuesday at least. For tonight I'm reading

American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes and Trial of Patty Hearst

NovelGirl82 Oh bummer!! I am glad to see so many other short story lovers, though. They are my favorite, & I'm always looking for more! What about

The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories

BookishFeminist @Ebooksandcooks Oh I'm glad to hear that! If you want any more recs if your library doesn't have those, let me know! Plenty more where that came from. :) Did you like Fortune Smiles? I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you about the job. Waiting is the worst. Let me know how you're liking American Heiress! 8y

Megabooks @BookishFeminist Thanks for the crossed fingers and the recs!! 💚 I loved Fortune Smiles. I wrote a blog post about it during a throwback to my favorite books of 2015 week! So far American Heiress is great. I'm about to post a fun fact quote. He writes a lot of background, which I love in non-fiction, but it's only 329 pages on Kindle. 8y

Louise The Roald Dahl Omnibus! Any of Neil Gaiman's short story collections. 3 by Finney, by Jack Finney; and About Time, by Jack Finney. 8y

Megabooks Thank you again @Louise !! 😊 8y

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