My Top 50 Favorite Short Stories

1.
City Solipsism
City Solipsism
by: Zack Love
3.99 avg rating — 142 ratings
2.
The Endlands (Volume 1)
The Endlands (Volume 1) 3.93 avg rating — 135 ratings
3.
The Doorman
The Doorman
by: Zack Love
4.48 avg rating — 97 ratings
4.
Waiting for 2000
Waiting for 2000
by: Zack Love
4.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
5.
Stories and Scripts: an Anthology
Stories and Scripts: an Anthology
by: Zack Love
4.47 avg rating — 62 ratings
6.
Central Park Song
Central Park Song
by: Zack Love
4.43 avg rating — 35 ratings
7.
Breakfast is Severed
Breakfast is Severed 3.61 avg rating — 54 ratings
8.
Watch Me
Watch Me 3.69 avg rating — 42 ratings
8.
Elven Silver: The Irreverent Faery Tales of Zardoa Silverstar
Elven Silver: The Irreverent Faery Tales of Zardoa Silverstar 4.60 avg rating — 15 ratings
10.
Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories
Songs of My Selfie: An Anthology of Millennial Stories 3.79 avg rating — 104 ratings
11.
Tease Me
Tease Me 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
12.
To Read or Not to Read
To Read or Not to Read 3.84 avg rating — 447 ratings
13.
The Hour of the Time
The Hour of the Time 3.44 avg rating — 397 ratings
14.
Dust
Dust 3.75 avg rating — 303 ratings
15.
Heaven Can Be Hell
Heaven Can Be Hell
by: Kay Glass
4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings
15.
Holiday in Cambodia
Holiday in Cambodia 3.49 avg rating — 143 ratings
15.
The Zoo: An Allegorical Adventure
The Zoo: An Allegorical Adventure 3.06 avg rating — 154 ratings
15.
Litost: Sliced Stories
Litost: Sliced Stories 4.62 avg rating — 224 ratings
15.
Trials By Tides: A Zasra Press Anthology
Trials By Tides: A Zasra Press Anthology it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
20.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread 3.59 avg rating — 17,388 ratings
21.
Oblivion
Oblivion 4.07 avg rating — 15,564 ratings
22.
Finders Keepers
Finders Keepers 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings
23.
Classics of Modern Fiction
Classics of Modern Fiction 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
23.
Merely Acquaintances
Merely Acquaintances it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
23.
Touched By An Angel A 9/11 Short Story
Touched By An Angel A 9/11 Short Story 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
23.
A Father's Love
A Father's Love 3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings
23.
Circus of the Dead
Circus of the Dead 3.24 avg rating — 656 ratings
23.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,467 ratings
23.
Pork
Pork 4.09 avg rating — 149 ratings
23.
Uncommon Assassins
Uncommon Assassins 4.10 avg rating — 48 ratings
23.
The Gay Icon Classics Of The World II
The Gay Icon Classics Of The World II 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings
23.
Toast
Toast 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
23.
The Sense of Touch
The Sense of Touch 4.19 avg rating — 267 ratings
23.
Closed Door (Angela Hunter #1)
Closed Door (Angela Hunter #1) 4.64 avg rating — 22 ratings
23.
Red Denver: A Science Fiction Short Story
Red Denver: A Science Fiction Short Story 3.93 avg rating — 54 ratings
23.
Aliens, Fallen Angels, Nephilim and the Supernatural: Discover Ancient Secrets and Bible Prophecies about the Supernatural
Aliens, Fallen Angels, Nephilim and the Supernatural: Discover Ancient Secrets and Bible Prophecies about the Supernatural 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings
23.
Ain't but Two Days in a Month: The First and the Fifteenth
Ain't but Two Days in a Month: The First and the Fifteenth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
23.
Impromptu Scribe
Impromptu Scribe 4.06 avg rating — 33 ratings
23.
Jimmy
Jimmy 3.57 avg rating — 140 ratings
23.
The Wicked Sister
The Wicked Sister 3.67 avg rating — 24 ratings
23.
Small Screen Big Lies
Small Screen Big Lies 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
23.
Macabre Tales
Macabre Tales 4.36 avg rating — 14 ratings
23.
Without Expiration: A Personal Anthology
Without Expiration: A Personal Anthology 3.96 avg rating — 24 ratings
23.
Ten Tales of a Dark Tomorrow
Ten Tales of a Dark Tomorrow 4.16 avg rating — 343 ratings
23.
The Light at the End of the Day: A Short Story Collection (Short Stories Book 1)
The Light at the End of the Day: A Short Story Collection (Short Stories Book 1) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings
23.
My Life As A Woman: World Edition: Women Inspiring Women In 2020 And Beyond
My Life As A Woman: World Edition: Women Inspiring Women In 2020 And Beyond it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
23.
Finding Christmas Spirit
Finding Christmas Spirit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
23.
Shortbread: Glasgow Tales
Shortbread: Glasgow Tales 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
23.
In the Twilight of their Lives: Twenty True strange, intriguing, even funny stories happening in life's last moments
In the Twilight of their Lives: Twenty True strange, intriguing, even funny stories happening in life's last moments it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
23.
The Old Men Who Row Boats and Other Stories
The Old Men Who Row Boats and Other Stories 4.25 avg rating — 61 ratings
23.
Fictions
Fictions 4.40 avg rating — 75,854 ratings
23.
Hoods I Have Known
Hoods I Have Known it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
53.
Great Short Stories of the Masters
Great Short Stories of the Masters 3.88 avg rating — 81 ratings
53.
Heartburn
Heartburn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
53.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,658 ratings
53.
Zippered Flesh: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad!
Zippered Flesh: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad! 3.71 avg rating — 173 ratings
53.
The Endlands (Volume 2)
The Endlands (Volume 2) 4.24 avg rating — 34 ratings
53.
CROSSOVER II: Straight Men - Gay Encounters
CROSSOVER II: Straight Men - Gay Encounters 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
53.
Four Bare Legs in a Bed
Four Bare Legs in a Bed 3.55 avg rating — 132 ratings
53.
The Fisherman & His Soul, The Star-Child, and Other Stories
The Fisherman & His Soul, The Star-Child, and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings
53.
When There's Nowhere Else to Run
When There's Nowhere Else to Run 3.37 avg rating — 275 ratings
53.
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating — 46,740 ratings
53.
Enoch
Enoch 4.13 avg rating — 69 ratings
53.
A Season for Romance: Summer Simmer
A Season for Romance: Summer Simmer 4.43 avg rating — 28 ratings
65.
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories
The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short Stories 4.10 avg rating — 1,377 ratings
65.
Upon a Dark Horse
Upon a Dark Horse it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
65.
Nothing Strikes Back!
Nothing Strikes Back! 3.64 avg rating — 58 ratings
65.
Diving Belles
Diving Belles
by: Lucy Wood
3.50 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
65.
Franz Kafka- The Complete Short Stories
Franz Kafka- The Complete Short Stories 4.33 avg rating — 28,034 ratings
65.
Miss Winters and the Wind
Miss Winters and the Wind it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
65.
Trials By Tides
Trials By Tides it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings
72.
The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories 1945-1985
The Art of the Tale: An International Anthology of Short Stories 1945-1985 4.07 avg rating — 235 ratings
72.
Michael
Michael 3.68 avg rating — 66 ratings
72.
Jigs and Reels
Jigs and Reels 3.51 avg rating — 3,359 ratings
72.
They
They 3.63 avg rating — 54 ratings
76.
Vermin
Vermin 3.67 avg rating — 160 ratings
76.
Liar's Tongue: A Short Story
Liar's Tongue: A Short Story really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20 ratings
76.
Diary of a Madman
Diary of a Madman 3.84 avg rating — 4,109 ratings
76.
ACat, a Hat, and a Piece of String by Harris, Joanne ( Author ) ON Nov-08-2012, Paperback
ACat, a Hat, and a Piece of String by Harris, Joanne ( Author ) ON Nov-08-2012, Paperback 3.64 avg rating — 1,766 ratings
76.
Live Coward
Live Coward 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
81.
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories
The Art of the Story: An International Anthology of Contemporary Short Stories 3.84 avg rating — 422 ratings
81.
Under the Scotch Broom
Under the Scotch Broom 3.60 avg rating — 141 ratings
81.
Public Library and Other Stories
Public Library and Other Stories
by: Ali Smith
3.52 avg rating — 5,131 ratings
81.
Dance With The Devil
Dance With The Devil it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
85.
Mud: Stories of Sex and Love
Mud: Stories of Sex and Love 3.30 avg rating — 63 ratings
85.
The Microscopic Giants
The Microscopic Giants 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings
87.
Bobcat and Other Stories
Bobcat and Other Stories 3.89 avg rating — 4,876 ratings
87.
Study in Still Life
Study in Still Life 3.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
89.
Pryde's Choice
Pryde's Choice really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings
89.
The Travelling Bag And Other Ghostly Stories
The Travelling Bag And Other Ghostly Stories 3.46 avg rating — 1,800 ratings
89.
Feeling Lucky
Feeling Lucky it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating
92.
Asha
Asha 3.56 avg rating — 34 ratings
92.
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days 3.95 avg rating — 7,233 ratings
92.
The Devil and Simon Flagg
The Devil and Simon Flagg 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings
95.
The Grey Elk
The Grey Elk 3.79 avg rating — 24 ratings
95.
Stories of World War One
Stories of World War One 3.77 avg rating — 53 ratings
95.
Free Will, Baby
Free Will, Baby liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
98.
The Shell Collector
The Shell Collector 3.99 avg rating — 17,950 ratings
98.
Damned Funny
Damned Funny 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
100.
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Hercule Poirot, #37)
The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Hercule Poirot, #37) 3.77 avg rating — 26,189 ratings
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