Short Stories

Life's most meaningful moments often come in small packages, captured in brief but powerful glimpses that stay with us long after the last page. These concentrated doses of wisdom, humor, and human experience - whether personal essays, bite-sized memoirs, or intimate character studies - offer readers the perfect way to experience a complete story in a single sitting.

Short Stories Book Summaries

White Nights Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages

Russian Literature

Wise and Otherwise Summary

Wise and Otherwise

by Sudha Murty 2006 220 pages

Indian Literature

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages

Science Fiction

AI 2041 Summary

Ten Visions for Our Future

by Kai-Fu Lee 2021 480 pages

Artificial Intelligence

Men Without Women Summary

Men Without Women

by Haruki Murakami 2014 242 pages

Japanese Literature

The Metamorphosis Summary

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages

Table for Two Summary

by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages

Historical Fiction

Chicken Soup for the Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Think Positive: 101 Inspirational Stories about Counting Your Blessings and Having a Positive Attitude

by Jack Canfield 2010 432 pages

The Shawshank Redemption Summary

The Shawshank Redemption

Different Seasons

by Stephen King 1994 507 pages

A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages

Like a House on Fire Summary

Like a House on Fire

by Cate Kennedy 2012 288 pages

The Things They Carried Summary

The Things They Carried

by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages

Historical Fiction

The Call of Cthulhu Summary

The Call of Cthulhu

by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages

Modern Love Summary

True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption

by Daniel Jones 2007 304 pages

The Housemaid's Wedding Summary

The Housemaid's Wedding

by Freida McFadden 2024 76 pages

Mystery Thriller

A Short Stay in Hell Summary

A Short Stay in Hell

by Steven L. Peck 2011 110 pages

The House on Mango Street Summary

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros 1984 110 pages

The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary

The Death of Ivan Ilych

by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages

Russian Literature

A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul Summary

A 2nd Helping of Chicken Soup for the Soul

101 More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

by Jack Canfield 1994 352 pages

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales Summary

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales

by Oliver Sacks 1985 243 pages

Schoolgirl Summary

by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages

Japanese Literature

Well-Read Black Girl Summary

Well-Read Black Girl

Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

by Glory Edim 2018 201 pages

Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Summary

Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom 1989 304 pages

Norse Mythology Summary

Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman 2017 301 pages

Chess Story Summary

by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages

German Literature

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary

Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief

by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

by Jack Canfield 1998 351 pages

The House of Hunger Summary

The House of Hunger

by Dambudzo Marechera 1978 160 pages

The Last Wish Summary

by Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 400 pages

Callings Summary

The Purpose and Passion of Work

by Dave Isay 2016 266 pages

Auggie & Me Summary

Three Wonder Stories

by R.J. Palacio 2015 303 pages

Realistic Fiction

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library Summary

What You Are Looking For Is in the Library

by Michiko Aoyama 2020 304 pages

Books About Books

Creatures of a Day Summary

Creatures of a Day

And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 215 pages

Who Goes There? Summary

Who Goes There?

by John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 pages

Science Fiction

Palm Sunday Summary

An Autobiographical Collage

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981 300 pages

The Tales of Beedle the Bard Summary

The Tales of Beedle the Bard

by J.K. Rowling 2008 105 pages

The Gift Summary

by Freida McFadden 2022 47 pages

The Complete Stories and Poems Summary

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages

Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul

101 Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Women

by Jack Canfield 1996 351 pages

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages

Aesop’s Fables Summary

Aesop’s Fables

by Aesop 352 pages

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

101 Stories of Life, Love and Learning

by Jack Canfield 1997 353 pages

I, Robot Summary

by Isaac Asimov 1950 224 pages

Science Fiction

The Cyberiad Summary

by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages

Science Fiction

The Overcoat Summary

by Nikolai Gogol 1842 57 pages

Russian Literature

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories Summary

Diary of a Murderer and Other Stories

by Young-ha Kim 2019 200 pages

Dubliners Summary

by James Joyce 1914 352 pages

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About Summary

What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

Fifteen Writers Break the Silence

by Michele Filgate 2019 288 pages

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