Keep it Short: Short Story Anthologies

We all know what it’s like to have our attention pulled in a dozen different directions. Between work, study, family, friends, social media, the television, the internet in general, sometimes our attention spans get a bit short and we need something we can dip in and out of easily when we read. This is where short story anthologies come in handy! You can pick one up, read one story, two or the whole book if you get the momentum to. Have a browse!

Updated November 6, 2022
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The city of mist : stories
Ruiz Zafón, Carlos
Paper Book
"Ruiz Zafón's visionary storytelling prowess is a genre unto itself."--USA Today Return to the mythical Barcelona library known as the Cemetery of Forgotten Books in this posthumous collection of stories from the New York Times bestselling author of The Shadow of the Wind and The Labyrinth...

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Dead-end memories : stories
Yoshimoto, Banana
Paper Book
First published in Japan in 2003, Dead-End Memories collects the stories of five women who, following sudden and painful events, quietly discover their ways back to recovery. Among the women we meet in Dead-End Memories is a woman betrayed by her fiance who finds a perfect refuge in an apartment...
Filthy Animals
Taylor, Brandon
Paper Book
A hotly charged new work of fiction from the BookerPrize shortlisted author of Real Life.
First person singular : stories
Murakami, Haruki
Paper Book
NATIONAL BEST SELLER * A mind-bending new collection of short stories from the internationally acclaimed, best-selling author. * "Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Murakami, use the mirror as a portal to a universe hidden beyond it." --The Wall Street Journal<...
Five Tuesdays in Winter
King, Lily.
Paper Book
'Moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart. I loved this book' - Ann PatchettWriters & Lovers established Lily King as one of our most beloved authors of contemporary fiction. Now, for the first time ever, King collects ten of her finest short stories, opening fresh...
Ghost Lover: Stories
Lisa Taddeo
Paper Book
"Raw and searching...Taddeo returns with more ruthless explorations of the feminine mystique." --Entertainment Weekly, "The Best New Books of the Month" * "Provocative." --Los Angeles Times From the #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning author of...
The haunting of Hajji Hotak : and other stories
Kochai, Jamil Jan
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION WINNER OF THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE, AND THE 2023 O. HENRY PRIZE NAMED ONE OF THE NEW YORKER'S BEST BOOKS OF 2022 "An endlessly inventive and moving collection from a thrilling and capacious...
The memory librarian : and other stories of dirty computer
Monae, Janelle
Paper Book
New York Times bestseller! In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, futurist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums,...
Natural history : stories
Barrett, Andrea
Paper Book
In Natural History, Andrea Barrett completes the beautiful arc of intertwined lives of a family of scientists, teachers, and innovators that she has been weaving through multiple books since her National Book Award-winning collection, Ship Fever. The six exquisite stories in Natural History are...

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