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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
1,783 books — 1,108 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
300 books — 997 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Short Story Collections
1,613 books — 933 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Quick Reads
1,096 books — 730 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Great Short Short Books
594 books — 545 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Under 200 Pages
968 books — 454 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Arnolfini Art Mysteries by Rich DiSilvioThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLord of the Flies by William Golding
Short & Sweet Treats Under 250 Pages
995 books — 428 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
618 books — 420 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Short Reads
873 books — 410 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonHamlet by William Shakespeare
Glad my teacher made me read this book
340 books — 402 voters

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Single Short Story
784 books — 309 voters
Smoke and Mirrors by Neil GaimanFragile Things by Neil GaimanThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna ClarkeThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Best Fantasy Short Story Collections
530 books — 303 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
528 books — 268 voters
Skeleton Crew by Stephen KingThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeNight Shift by Stephen KingHumans and Cats by Linas DeimantavičiusThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Horror Short Stories
448 books — 241 voters

No Urgency To Be Home by Neha R. KrishnaStranger to the Beautiful by Don HynesA Thousand Mornings by Mary OliverThe Essential Rumi by Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-RumiBright Dead Things by Ada Limon
Short Poetry Must Reads
186 books — 237 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryZombicorns by John GreenAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Silence Dividend by Izzy Bond
Short Books For Catching Up On Your Challenge
706 books — 192 voters

Framed & Hunted by Edward WilliamsMean Spirited by Nick RobertsA Very Bad Thing by J.T. EllisonThe Innocent Man by John GrishamThe Standoff by Scott Blade
Weird and Wonderful Stories
323 books — 169 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAll the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
52 Book Club 2025: #19 - Has Short Chapters
198 books — 133 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Good Old Days
112 books — 89 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books Under 100 Pages
204 books — 87 voters

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken LiuWhat It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka ArimahStories of Your Life and Others by Ted ChiangA Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia BerlinNight at the Fiestas by Kirstin Valdez Quade
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Contemporary Short Story Collections
125 books — 75 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Undersized and Unforgettable - Classics of Short Fiction
93 books — 74 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. HintonStargirl by Jerry SpinelliAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosNight by Elie Wiesel
YA Books Under 200 Pages
402 books — 63 voters
The Silence Dividend by Izzy BondAnimal Farm by George OrwellAll That We Reflect by Izzy BondThe 333 Syndrome by Izzy BondBefore The Silence by Izzy Bond
46 Brilliant Short Novels You Can Read In A Day
54 books — 53 voters

A Monster Calls by Patrick NessThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySpeak by Laurie Halse AndersonStratagem by Christina HagmannStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Short Young Adult Reads
154 books — 53 voters
The Silence Dividend by Izzy BondAll That We Reflect by Izzy BondThe 333 Syndrome by Izzy BondBefore The Silence by Izzy BondThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Novellas, Novelettes and Short Fiction That Are Great
72 books — 49 voters

The Silence Dividend by Izzy BondThe 333 Syndrome by Izzy BondBefore The Silence by Izzy BondAll That We Reflect by Izzy BondThe Theater of Dusk by Lizbeth Gabriel
Little Gems
92 books — 47 voters
The Silence Dividend by Izzy BondAll That We Reflect by Izzy BondBoys of Fall by K.D. WoodThe 333 Syndrome by Izzy BondBefore The Silence by Izzy Bond
NA under 250 pages
65 books — 40 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Silence Dividend by Izzy BondAll That We Reflect by Izzy BondThe Fate of Lily Knowles by H.B. MorrisFantastic Mr Fox by Roald Dahl
Short and Sweet
103 books — 39 voters
It by Stephen KingDune by Frank HerbertJaws by Peter BenchleyMacbeth by William ShakespeareX by Sue Grafton
Shortest Titles Ever
441 books — 38 voters

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