The 20 Best Short Stories of All Time, Ranked - whatNerd
WEBAug 16, 2023 — Here are my picks for the best short stories of all time and why they're so great and still worth reading today. I've chosen the best short stories from across a range of genres, but I've omitted shorts that are predominantly science fiction. Since there are so many great sci-fi short stories, they deserve their own article.
10 of the Best Very Short Stories That Can Be Read Online
WEBBelow, we introduce ten classic short stories – very short stories – from some of the finest authors in the literary canon. All of the stories can be read online: follow the links provided to read them. 1. Anton Chekhov, ‘ The Student ’.
The 25 Greatest Short Stories Of All Time - Forbes
WEBJun 1, 2024 — Some of the most famous and widely read classic short stories of all time are Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery (1948), Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), and Flannery O’Connor’s A...
43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
WEBAug 19, 2020 — So, having acknowledged that there’s no real way to make this list, but because this is what we’re all here to do, here are some of the most iconic short stories for American readers in the English language—and a few more that deserve to be more iconic than they are.
Best Short Stories and Collections Everyone Should Read - Reedsy
WEBFrom classics published in the 1900s to a short story that exploded in late 2017, here are ten of the greatest free short stories for you to read. 1. “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl. While not exactly a philosophical or political tale like our first two examples, this twisty short story from Dahl does delve into some shady moral territory.
The 10 Best Short Story Collections of the Decade - Literary Hub
WEBDec 23, 2019 — We began with the best debut novels of the decade, and now we’re back with the best short story collections of the decade—or to be precise, the best collections published in English between 2010 and 2019.
Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2024 - Longreads
WEBJan 11, 2024 — For the tenth year in a row, we’re kicking off the reading year with a set of short stories hand-picked by longtime contributor Pravesh Bhardwaj.
Ten Outstanding Short Stories to Read in 2022 - Longreads
WEBJan 11, 2022 — Starting with Kevin Barry’s “That Old Country Music” from Electric Lit to Aleksandar Hemon’s “Blind Jozef Pronek and Dead Souls” from The Baffler, I posted 276 stories in 2021. Here are the ten I most enjoyed reading. Brandon Taylor’s Real Life was shortlisted for The Booker Prize in 2020.
35 Best Short Stories of All Time — Best Short Story Collections
WEBMay 18, 2021 — Short stories are the perfect bite-sized literary treat. Through the magic of voice and storytelling, they capture your heart and don’t let go. If you’re looking for a few of the best short...
The Best Short Stories of All Time - BOOK RIOT
WEBApr 5, 2022 — What are the best short stories of all time? How does one measure such a thing? One might look at famous short stories, iconic short stories, but how do we define that?