Sign in with Facebook
42 Superb New Short Story Collections to Read in 2021
Trying to bust a reading slump? No time to sink into a long novel? Prefer plots that can be contained in a handful of pages? Then a short story collection is always the right pick for you.
For fans of the form, 2021 is shaping up to be a tremendous year for the short story, with collections ranging from translated tales to explorations of sexuality to flights of pure fantasy. To help you find your next read, we've compiled these recommendations, including new releases from old favorites like Joyce Carol Oates and breakout new stars like Brandon Taylor and Dantiel W. Moniz.
Scroll over the covers to learn more about each book, and be sure to add the ones that pique your interest to your Want to Read shelf!
Available Now
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Coming Later This Year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Do you enjoy reading short stories? Which collections would you recommend? Let's talk books in the comments!
Check out more recent articles:
It's Time for Summer Reading on Goodreads!
9 Books that Goodreads Editors Highly Recommend
78 New Paperbacks for Your Summer Reading List
Check out more recent articles:
It's Time for Summer Reading on Goodreads!
9 Books that Goodreads Editors Highly Recommend
78 New Paperbacks for Your Summer Reading List
Comments Showing 1-13 of 13 (13 new)
date
newest »
newest »
message 1:
by
Joe
(new)
May 20, 2021 06:18AM
The Low Desert was masterful noir.
reply
|
flag
Love a good short story collection. Thanks for beefing up my TBR!
Fancies and Goodnights by John CollierThe October Country by Ray Bradbury
The Wind's Twelve Quarters by Ursula K. Le Guin
More Shapes Than One: A Book of Stories by Fred Chappell
Ghost Summer by Tananarive Due
A Feast of Sorrows by Angela Slatter
In the Forest of Forgetting by Theodora Goss
A Nest of Nightmares by Lisa Tuttle
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives: Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense edited by Sarah Weinman
The Two Sams by Glen Hirshberg
The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth by Sarah Monette
Holiday by M. Rickert
Best Short Stories of Ring Lardner
Sudden Fiction: American Short-Short Stories edited by Robert Shapard
I could easily add a dozen more, across a spectrum of fiction.
Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl is one my favorite collections.
Great so see such a shout-out for short fiction, thank you!
As an author of short story collections myself, I am delighted to hear this good news. Thank you!
Verge, by Lidia Yuknavitch, is the best short story collection I have ever read.
Stepping Up One of the best short story collections I've read. Every story has its own unique world through characterizations, vivid descriptions, and wonderful storytelling. The common thread is the humanity woven in every tale. The choices DC's characters face are between fear or transformation. DC also takes on sexism, racism, and homophobia. Highly recommend this book.
Romantic novelist and short story writer Patsy Collins continues to put out some delightful short story collections. Her short stories regularly appear in UK magazines as well as those in Ireland, Sweden and South Africa.
'Dreamland' by John M. Floyd. '50 Mysteries', by John M. Floyd. Anything by John M. Floyd!
Any of the short story collections by either Lorrie Moore or Laura Van Den Berg. Superb.
