Last Updated on September 29, 2022 by BiblioLifestyle
There’s something about short stories that just makes them addicting to read.  Maybe it’s the fact that they’re usually so concise, or that they pack a punch in a small amount of pages.  Whatever the reason, if you’re looking for a great short story collection to dive into, look no further than these five books.  From funny and heartwarming tales to dark and suspenseful reads, there’s something for everyone among these pages.  So go ahead and add one (or all!) of these collections to your reading list – you won’t regret it!
Afterparties by Anthony Veasna So
A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life–immersive and comic, yet unsparing–that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities.
New Teeth by Simon Rich
You Got Anything Stronger? by Gabrielle Union
Fraternity by Benjamin Nugent
The Ones Who Don't Say They Love You by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
Skinship by Yoon Choi
If You Lived Here You'd Be Famous by Now by Via Bleidner
Give My Love to the Savages by Chris Stuck
Animal Spirit by Francesca Marciano
The Rock Eaters by Brenda Peynado
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Excuse Me While I Disappear by Joanna Scott
The Souvenir Museum by Elizabeth McCracken
Daddy by Emma Cline
Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor
We Two Alone by Jack Wang
I'm Waiting for You by Kim Bo-Young
First Person Singular by Haruki Murakami, Translated by Philip Gabriel
Love Like That by Emma Duffy-Comparone
Cosmogony by Lucy Ives
Kink Edited by R.O. Kwon, Garth Greenwell
Verge by Lidia Yuknavitch
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick by Zora Neale Hurston
Sudden Traveler by Sarah Hall
To Be a Man by Nicole Krauss
Grand Union by Zadie Smith
The Awkward Black Man by Walter Mosley
I Hold a Wolf by the Ears by Laura van den Berg
F*ckface by Leah Hampton
Monstress by Lysley Tenorio
Have you read any of these short story collections?
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