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18 Best Short Stories Books

Goal: Find the best Short Stories books according to the internet (not just one person's opinion).

Method:

  1. Search for "best short stories books" and study the top 5+ pages.
  2. Add only the books mentioned 2+ times.
  3. Rank the results neatly here.

18 Best Short Stories Books

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1

Her Body and Other Parties

Stories

by Carmen Maria Machado

2

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours

by Helen Oyeyemi

3

Stories of Your Life and Others

by Ted Chiang

4

Tenth of December

Stories

by George Saunders

Also recommended by:

Bob Iger, Dave Elitch

5

Homesick for Another World

Stories

by Ottessa Moshfegh

Also recommended by:

David Sedaris

6

Men Without Women

Stories

by Haruki Murakami

Also recommended by:

Barack Obama

7

What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

Stories

by Lesley Nneka Arimah

Also recommended by:

Levar Burton

8

A Manual for Cleaning Women

Selected Stories

by Lucia Berlin

9

Dear Life

Stories

by Alice Munro

10

Man V. Nature

Stories

by Diane Cook

11

Objects of Desire

Stories

by Clare Sestanovich

12

Sour Heart

Stories

by Jenny Zhang

13

The Complete Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

14

The Dark Dark

Stories

by Samantha Hunt

15

The Office of Historical Corrections

A Novella and Stories

by Danielle Evans

16

The Thing Around Your Neck

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

17

This Is How You Lose Her

by Junot Díaz

18

You Will Never Be Forgotten

Stories

by Mary South

Sources

Edited by

Richard Reis

Software engineer whose passion for tracking book recommendations from podcasts inspired the creation of MRB.

Anurag Ramdasan

Lead investor at 3one4 Capital whose startup expertise and love for books helped shaped MRB and its growth.

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