I love short stories. There is so much craft required for a successful and succinct bit of writing. Having taken a lot of writing classes, anyone who can pull off an amazing short story is like a snow leopard. Sure, they exist, but do they really? (Hint: I’m so not a snow leopard. ) Also, my inner lazy-yet-competitive girl loves being able to read a whole thing start to finish in one go. Here are a few faves, and a few that I am dying to check out.
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo
Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman
The Assassin’s Blade by Sarah J. Maas
Paris for One by Jojo Moyes
I know I just used this for Travel Bug, but the titular shortie is just that good!
One More Thing by B.J. Novak
Summer Days and Summer Nights by Stephanie Perkins
Check out my recent review for why I loved this one so much.
From the TBR stacks:
Meet Cute by Jennifer L. Armentrout
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Richard Armitage is one of the narrators for this. Reason enough right there. *Swoon*
The Merry Spinster by Mallory Ortberg
Purely because I loved Texts from Jane Eyre so much.
and lastly, a book that is very important to me…
The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm
XOXO
The Comments
Chrissi Reads
I really enjoyed The Assassin’s Blade! I love Grimm Tales, I’ve made my way through them recently!
Anne@Headfullofbooks
I am adding Paris for One on my TBR list right this moment. Thank you. My favorite short stories
Veronika @ The Regal Critiques
The Language of Thorns! I can’t believe I forgot to include it on my list. It was hands down one of my favorite books of 2017, and I’m already super-excited to reread it. Summer Days & Summer Nights was super-cute. I like the winter version too, but for me this summer one is better. I really need to read The Bloody Chamber and Fragile Things. Great list!
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Meaghan Gerard
Loved Fragile Things and The Merry Spinster. So creepy! My TTT: https://mwgerard.com/short-and-sweet/
Candyce @ The Book Dutchesses
I loved Summer Days & Summer Nights.
The Assassin’s Blade is amazing, but I love that series anyways!
Here is our TTT: https://thebookdutchesses.com/2018/07/17/ttt-36-favorite-novellas-short-stories/
Cholla
I love Neil Gaiman and I need to read Fragile Things!
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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz
Paris for One is such a lovely little book.
Brooke Lorren
Summer Days and Summer Nights has so many really good authors to it. I should add it to my TBR, even though I don’t really read too many short stories. These are good choices!
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Amy
I’m not a snow leopard either, alas. Great round-up.
Megan @ Ginger Mom & the Kindle Quest
I have the Christmas edition of Stephanie Perkins’ anthology. These look like ones I need to pick up. I have The Assassin’s Blade on my kindle right now so maybe that one 😉 Great list!
My TTT: https://gingermomreads.com/2018/07/17/top-ten-tuesday-novella-edition/
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Aj @ Read All The Things!
I love short stories, too! I’ve read the winter version of Summer Days. And I’ve read the Complete Brothers Grimm, of course. Great list!
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SE White
Fantastic list! I’ve heard so many good things about Language of Thorns, I really need to get to that one.
Jo
I’ve only actually read The Assassin’s Blade and The Language of Thorns, short stories aren’t usually my thing but I loved both of those!
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Shannon @ It Starts at Midnight
Oooh so many of these are on my TBR! Language of Thorns of course, Summer Days, The Assassin’s Blade. The only one I have read is Meet Cute which was… well, cute hahah. Great choices!!
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Leah
Woohoo, another person who listed The Language of Thorns! And Neil Gaiman–I love his imagination.