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A list for short story collections of any genre in which there is an overarching common plot, character, or location.
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Stories and Scripts: an Anthology
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Zack Love (Goodreads Author)
4.47 avg rating — 62 ratings
score: 800,
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Breakfast is Severed
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TyCobbsTeeth (Goodreads Author)
3.61 avg rating — 54 ratings
score: 599,
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6 people voted
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Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
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Elizabeth Strout (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 263,484 ratings
score: 398,
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4 people voted
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I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
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4.21 avg rating — 373,859 ratings
score: 389,
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4 people voted
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The Civilized World: A Novel in Stories
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Susi Wyss (Goodreads Author)
3.82 avg rating — 242 ratings
score: 299,
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3 people voted
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Winesburg, Ohio
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3.84 avg rating — 36,617 ratings
score: 297,
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3 people voted
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The Martian Chronicles
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4.16 avg rating — 282,233 ratings
score: 297,
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The Illustrated Man
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4.13 avg rating — 106,455 ratings
score: 289,
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3 people voted
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Skin: Short Fiction
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Alex Owens (Goodreads Author)
3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 200,
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2 people voted
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Orsinian Tales
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3.67 avg rating — 2,188 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Society for Supper
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TyCobbsTeeth (Goodreads Author)
4.42 avg rating — 59 ratings
score: 199,
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2 people voted
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Still Life Paintings
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Karen Fowler (Goodreads Author)
3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Battle of Ebulon
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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A Visit from the Goon Squad
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Jennifer Egan (Goodreads Author)
3.70 avg rating — 246,557 ratings
score: 198,
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2 people voted
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The Last Wish (The Witcher, #0.5)
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4.14 avg rating — 405,280 ratings
score: 197,
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2 people voted
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Normal Rules Don't Apply
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3.70 avg rating — 10,436 ratings
score: 189,
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2 people voted
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The Admonishments of Kherishdar (Kherishdar, #2)
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M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author)
4.28 avg rating — 92 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Tracks: A Novel in Stories
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Eric D. Goodman (Goodreads Author)
3.88 avg rating — 64 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Where Shifters Meet for Drinks
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3.87 avg rating — 39 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Late Lights
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Kara Weiss (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 53 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Greatest Show: Stories
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Michael Downs (Goodreads Author)
4.03 avg rating — 63 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Snow Tales and Powder Trails: Adventures on Skis
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Steve Baldwin (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Night's Night
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3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Encounters of the Alien Kind
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Harlan Finchley (Goodreads Author)
3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Small Screen Big Lies
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Kishore Daswani (Goodreads Author)
4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Mud: Stories of Sex and Love
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3.31 avg rating — 64 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Bureau of Lost Dreams
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Harlan Finchley (Goodreads Author)
2.91 avg rating — 11 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Barney and Mr. Thomas
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Mimi Strom (Goodreads Author)
4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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Bangkok Wakes to Rain
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Pitchaya Sudbanthad (Goodreads Author)
3.59 avg rating — 3,497 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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And So I Took Their Eye
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Ben C. Davies (Goodreads Author)
4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Silence Dividend: Science Fiction Dystopian
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Izzy Bond (Goodreads Author)
4.30 avg rating — 79 ratings
score: 100,
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1 person voted
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The Aphorisms of Kherishdar (Kherishdar, #1)
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M.C.A. Hogarth (Goodreads Author)
4.44 avg rating — 141 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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The Beggar Maid: Stories of Flo and Rose
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3.90 avg rating — 7,268 ratings
score: 99,
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Lick the Razor - the Definitive Collection
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4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Star Wars: Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina
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3.64 avg rating — 7,380 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Stories of World War One
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3.76 avg rating — 55 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Barney, Mr. Thomas, and The Alligator Creature
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Mimi Strom (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Before The Silence: Prequel to The Silence Dividend
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Izzy Bond (Goodreads Author)
4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings
score: 99,
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1 person voted
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Learning to Kiss in the Snow
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D.B. Tarpley (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 61 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
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3.95 avg rating — 7,234 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 587,285 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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The Stories of Eva Luna
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Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 22,985 ratings
score: 98,
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1 person voted
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Public Library and Other Stories
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3.52 avg rating — 5,199 ratings
score: 97,
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1 person voted
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City
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4.08 avg rating — 18,853 ratings
score: 97,
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Kalpa Imperial: The Greatest Empire That Never Was
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3.92 avg rating — 1,609 ratings
score: 97,
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The Shell Collector
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Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 18,241 ratings
score: 96,
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1 person voted
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The Silmarillion
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4.03 avg rating — 329,309 ratings
score: 96,
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Where the Wild Ladies Are
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3.76 avg rating — 6,493 ratings
score: 96,
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Brussels Noir (Akashic Noir)
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Michel Dufranne (editor)
3.41 avg rating — 71 ratings
score: 95,
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1 person voted
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Jirel of Joiry
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3.71 avg rating — 1,561 ratings
score: 95,
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Central Station
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3.51 avg rating — 3,285 ratings
score: 94,
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Courageous First World War Stories
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4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
score: 94,
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The Bone Key: The Necromantic Mysteries of Kyle Murchison Booth
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Sarah Monette (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 1,638 ratings
score: 94,
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Revenge
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4.02 avg rating — 28,767 ratings
score: 93,
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Dog Stories
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Diana Secker Tesdell (Editor)
3.64 avg rating — 163 ratings
score: 92,
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1 person voted
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A Portable Shelter
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Kirsty Logan (Goodreads Author)
3.83 avg rating — 1,042 ratings
score: 91,
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People From My Neighbourhood
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3.50 avg rating — 12,537 ratings
score: 90,
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Spilt Milk
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D.K. Cassidy (Goodreads Author)
3.58 avg rating — 562 ratings
score: 50,
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17 people voted
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