Short Story Collections by Women

1.
The Birds and Other Stories
The Birds and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating β€” 14,196 ratings
2.
Grandma's Bag of Stories
Grandma's Bag of Stories 4.30 avg rating β€” 4,741 ratings
3.
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies 4.18 avg rating β€” 203,056 ratings
3.
Grand Union
Grand Union 3.26 avg rating β€” 9,591 ratings
3.
The Art of Taking Chances
The Art of Taking Chances 3.82 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
3.
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories 3.91 avg rating β€” 63,253 ratings
3.
Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers
Tales of Virtuous Stepmothers 4.66 avg rating β€” 59 ratings
8.
The Houseguest and Other Stories
The Houseguest and Other Stories 3.62 avg rating β€” 10,978 ratings
8.
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men 3.95 avg rating β€” 25,145 ratings
8.
Astray
Astray 3.58 avg rating β€” 6,693 ratings
11.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating β€” 223,008 ratings
11.
Your Utopia
Your Utopia 3.65 avg rating β€” 4,169 ratings
13.
People from My Neighborhood: Stories
People from My Neighborhood: Stories 3.50 avg rating β€” 12,167 ratings
13.
Cursed Bunny
Cursed Bunny 3.76 avg rating β€” 37,436 ratings
13.
Don't Look Now and Other Stories
Don't Look Now and Other Stories 3.82 avg rating β€” 9,391 ratings
16.
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
A Thousand Years of Good Prayers
by: Yiyun Li
3.93 avg rating β€” 3,977 ratings
16.
Ship Fever: Stories
Ship Fever: Stories 4.04 avg rating β€” 4,301 ratings
16.
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed 3.80 avg rating β€” 56,824 ratings
19.
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories
Death by a Thousand Cuts: Stories 3.95 avg rating β€” 1,130 ratings
19.
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot, #28)
The Witness for the Prosecution and Other Stories (Hercule Poirot, #28) 3.89 avg rating β€” 12,082 ratings
19.
A Sunny Place for Shady People
A Sunny Place for Shady People 3.78 avg rating β€” 18,316 ratings
22.
Tomb Sweeping
Tomb Sweeping 3.34 avg rating β€” 5,486 ratings
22.
The Nine Lands
The Nine Lands 4.12 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
22.
Things We Lost in the Fire
Things We Lost in the Fire 4.05 avg rating β€” 55,340 ratings
25.
Nine Yard Sarees: A Short Story Cycle
Nine Yard Sarees: A Short Story Cycle 4.40 avg rating β€” 195 ratings
25.
Five Tuesdays in Winter
Five Tuesdays in Winter
by: Lily King
3.71 avg rating β€” 22,118 ratings
25.
Where the Wild Ladies Are
Where the Wild Ladies Are 3.77 avg rating β€” 6,377 ratings
28.
Girlfriends
Girlfriends 4.07 avg rating β€” 934 ratings
29.
The Woman Destroyed
The Woman Destroyed 4.02 avg rating β€” 41,654 ratings
30.
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth 4.14 avg rating β€” 95,617 ratings
31.
Family Album: Stories
Family Album: Stories 3.63 avg rating β€” 114 ratings
32.
Wednesday's Child: Stories
Wednesday's Child: Stories
by: Yiyun Li
3.70 avg rating β€” 2,799 ratings
33.
The Goodbye Process
The Goodbye Process 4.01 avg rating β€” 507 ratings
34.
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad 4.01 avg rating β€” 7,538 ratings
35.
Bliss Montage
Bliss Montage
by: Ling Ma
3.89 avg rating β€” 24,257 ratings
36.
Kitchen
Kitchen 3.90 avg rating β€” 121,544 ratings
37.
Girl, Woman, Other
Girl, Woman, Other 4.27 avg rating β€” 256,337 ratings
38.
Ministry of Moral Panic
Ministry of Moral Panic 4.06 avg rating β€” 4,275 ratings
39.
Period Pieces: Stories for Girls
Period Pieces: Stories for Girls 3.97 avg rating β€” 34 ratings
40.
I'm a Fool to Want You: Stories
I'm a Fool to Want You: Stories 3.92 avg rating β€” 6,052 ratings
41.
Variations on the Body
Variations on the Body 3.78 avg rating β€” 435 ratings
42.
Everything I Know About Love
Everything I Know About Love 3.96 avg rating β€” 460,278 ratings
43.
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women
My Pen is the Wing of a Bird: New Fiction by Afghan Women 4.26 avg rating β€” 1,805 ratings
44.
Amora: Stories
Amora: Stories 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,883 ratings
45.
Homesick for Another World
Homesick for Another World 3.61 avg rating β€” 39,813 ratings
46.
Self Portrait in Green
Self Portrait in Green 3.65 avg rating β€” 1,093 ratings
47.
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories
Birds of a Lesser Paradise: Stories 3.85 avg rating β€” 3,129 ratings
48.
All the Names They Used for God
All the Names They Used for God 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,637 ratings
49.
No One Belongs Here More Than You
No One Belongs Here More Than You 3.80 avg rating β€” 43,874 ratings
50.
Ghostroots: Stories
Ghostroots: Stories 4.01 avg rating β€” 2,554 ratings
51.
After the Funeral and Other Stories
After the Funeral and Other Stories 3.81 avg rating β€” 2,162 ratings
52.
The Only Sound Is the Wind: Stories
The Only Sound Is the Wind: Stories 3.81 avg rating β€” 80 ratings
53.
Send Nudes
Send Nudes
by: Saba Sams
3.50 avg rating β€” 8,825 ratings
54.
The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories
The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating β€” 159 ratings
55.
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Thing Around Your Neck 4.23 avg rating β€” 48,408 ratings
56.
Green Frog: Stories inspired by Korean folklore
Green Frog: Stories inspired by Korean folklore 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,555 ratings
57.
Skinship: Stories
Skinship: Stories
by: Yoon Choi
4.15 avg rating β€” 2,248 ratings
58.
Out There
Out There
by: Kate Folk
4.13 avg rating β€” 6,496 ratings
59.
Behind You Is the Sea
Behind You Is the Sea 4.08 avg rating β€” 7,039 ratings
60.
Hao: Stories
Hao: Stories
by: Ye Chun
4.08 avg rating β€” 1,013 ratings
61.
Hunger
Hunger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,824 ratings
62.
Mouth: Stories
Mouth: Stories 3.90 avg rating β€” 566 ratings
63.
Sarahland
Sarahland
by: Sam Cohen
3.94 avg rating β€” 2,385 ratings
64.
Alligator and Other Stories
Alligator and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating β€” 502 ratings
65.
She and Her Cat: Stories
She and Her Cat: Stories 3.88 avg rating β€” 19,022 ratings
66.
Manywhere: Stories
Manywhere: Stories 3.79 avg rating β€” 793 ratings
67.
Peacocks of Instagram: Stories
Peacocks of Instagram: Stories 3.96 avg rating β€” 396 ratings
68.
Wild Failure: Stories
Wild Failure: Stories 3.72 avg rating β€” 363 ratings
69.
Life Ceremony
Life Ceremony 3.75 avg rating β€” 25,319 ratings
70.
Gods of Want: Stories
Gods of Want: Stories 3.68 avg rating β€” 1,867 ratings
71.
Get in Trouble
Get in Trouble 3.67 avg rating β€” 12,778 ratings
72.
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird
Nineteen Claws and a Black Bird 3.12 avg rating β€” 16,030 ratings
73.
Seven Empty Houses
Seven Empty Houses 3.69 avg rating β€” 12,980 ratings
74.
Florida
Florida 3.77 avg rating β€” 34,600 ratings
75.
The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories
The End of the World Is a Cul de Sac: Stories 3.71 avg rating β€” 3,317 ratings
76.
Watching Women & Girls
Watching Women & Girls 3.65 avg rating β€” 2,692 ratings
77.
She's Always Hungry
She's Always Hungry 3.77 avg rating β€” 11,688 ratings
78.
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls: Stories
Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls: Stories 3.81 avg rating β€” 3,359 ratings
79.
Self-Help
Self-Help 4.11 avg rating β€” 15,453 ratings
80.
Pond
Pond 3.52 avg rating β€” 9,018 ratings
81.
The Lonely Stories
The Lonely Stories 3.66 avg rating β€” 1,228 ratings
82.
Complete Stories
Complete Stories 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,915 ratings
83.
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories
Everything That Rises Must Converge: Stories 4.23 avg rating β€” 21,775 ratings
84.
Bobcat and Other Stories
Bobcat and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating β€” 4,876 ratings
85.
Sabrina & Corina: Stories
Sabrina & Corina: Stories 4.18 avg rating β€” 14,681 ratings
86.
Vampires in the Lemon Grove and Other Stories
Vampires in the Lemon Grove and Other Stories 3.68 avg rating β€” 23,817 ratings
87.
Her Body and Other Parties
Her Body and Other Parties 3.82 avg rating β€” 102,333 ratings
88.
Safe as Houses
Safe as Houses 4.16 avg rating β€” 591 ratings
89.
The Dark Dark
The Dark Dark 3.65 avg rating β€” 3,893 ratings
90.
Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories
Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket: Stories 3.73 avg rating β€” 4,335 ratings
91.
Things Remembered and Things Forgotten
Things Remembered and Things Forgotten 3.79 avg rating β€” 1,665 ratings
92.
Blind Water Pass: And Other Stories
Blind Water Pass: And Other Stories 3.97 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
93.
Moral Disorder
Moral Disorder 3.64 avg rating β€” 12,525 ratings
94.
Gunflower
Gunflower 3.39 avg rating β€” 215 ratings
95.
Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks
Asa: The Girl Who Turned into a Pair of Chopsticks 3.42 avg rating β€” 1,395 ratings
96.
The Lonesome Bodybuilder
The Lonesome Bodybuilder 3.57 avg rating β€” 5,767 ratings
97.
Apple and Knife
Apple and Knife 3.57 avg rating β€” 938 ratings
98.
Likes
Likes 3.63 avg rating β€” 848 ratings
99.
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories
Heart Lamp: Selected Stories 3.83 avg rating β€” 3,218 ratings
100.
Dead-End Memories
Dead-End Memories 3.90 avg rating β€” 8,430 ratings
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