Stories


Interpreter of Maladies
Dubliners
The Alchemist
Nine Stories
Stories of Your Life and Others
Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
Tenth of December
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1984
Exhalation
The Metamorphosis
Jesus’ Son
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinMarley and Me by John GroganA Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce CameronScent of the Missing by Susannah CharlesonJames Herriot's Dog Stories by James Herriot
Dog Lovers List
364 books — 241 voters
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. RowlingGeektastic by Holly BlackLet It Snow by John  GreenA Tyranny of Petticoats by Jessica SpotswoodZombies Vs. Unicorns by Holly Black
YA Short Stories & Collections
523 books — 264 voters

The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceBartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Best Short Stories of All Time
613 books — 383 voters
The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleDubliners by James Joyce
Best Short Stories
1,770 books — 1,080 voters

Detour from Normal by Ken DicksonCome to the Edge by Christina HaagForty Autumns by Nina WillnerThe Stalking Wolf by Christopher  HootenWho Said It Couldn't Be Done? by MS Denise Jones
Best True Stories List
162 books — 82 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesFallen by Lauren KateMarked by P.C. Cast
Worst Long, Drawn-Out Series
160 books — 139 voters

Margaret Atwood
We were the people who were not in the papers. We lived in the blank white spaces at the edges of print. It gave us more freedom. We lived in the gaps between the stories.
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

Erin Morgenstern
Stories have changed, my dear boy,” the man in the grey suit says, his voice almost imperceptibly sad. “There are no more battles between good and evil, no monsters to slay, no maidens in need of rescue. Most maidens are perfectly capable of rescuing themselves in my experience, at least the ones worth something, in any case. There are no longer simple tales with quests and beasts and happy endings. The quests lack clarity of goal or path. The beasts take different forms and are difficult to rec ...more
Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus

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