Short Stories

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Short Stories Book Summaries

Palm Sunday Summary

An Autobiographical Collage

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1999 320 pages

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim Summary

Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim

by David Sedaris

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again Summary

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again

Essays and Arguments

by David Foster Wallace 1998 368 pages

Not Quite What I Was Planning Summary

Not Quite What I Was Planning

Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure

by Larry Smith 2009 242 pages

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Summary

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

by Robert Fulghum 2004 221 pages

This Is Water Summary

Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life

by David Foster Wallace 2009 137 pages

Creatures of a Day Summary

Creatures of a Day

And Other Tales of Psychotherapy

by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 224 pages

A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul Summary

A 4th Course of Chicken Soup for the Soul

More Stories to Open the Heart and Rekindle the Spirit

by Jack Canfield 2012 355 pages

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

More Stories of Life, Love and Learning

by Jack Canfield 2012 371 pages

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 1995 352 pages

Men Without Women Summary

Men Without Women

by Haruki Murakami 2017 240 pages

Japanese Literature

Spanish Short Stories for Beginners Summary

Spanish Short Stories for Beginners

20 Captivating Short Stories to Learn Spanish & Grow Your Vocabulary the Fun Way!

by Lingo Mastery 2018 210 pages

Spanish Literature

So Sad Today Summary

Personal Essays

by Melissa Broder 2016 224 pages

Modern Love Summary

True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption

by Daniel Jones 2019 304 pages

I Used to Be Charming Summary

I Used to Be Charming

The Rest of Eve Babitz

by Eve Babitz 2019 424 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 289 pages

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

Stories of Life, Love and Learning

by Jack Canfield 2012 339 pages

My Planet Summary

Finding Humor in the Oddest Places

by Mary Roach 2013 160 pages

Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2 Summary

Spanish Short Stories For Beginners Volume 2

8 More Unconventional Short Stories to Grow Your Vocabulary and Learn Spanish the Fun Way! (Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners)

by Olly Richards 2015 236 pages

Spanish Literature

Well-Read Black Girl Summary

Well-Read Black Girl

Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

by Glory Edim 2018 272 pages

AI 2041 Summary

by Kai-Fu Lee 2021 452 pages

Artificial Intelligence

Let Me Tell You a Story Summary

Let Me Tell You a Story

Tales Along the Road to Happiness

by Jorge Bucay 2013 176 pages

Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teacher's Soul

Stories to Open the Hearts and Rekindle the Spirits of Educators

by Jack Canfield 2012 387 pages

These Precious Days Summary

These Precious Days

by Ann Patchett 2021 331 pages

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 435 pages

Inciting Joy Summary

by Ross Gay 2022 336 pages

O's Little Book of Love & Friendship Summary

O's Little Book of Love & Friendship

by The Oprah Magazine O 2016 192 pages

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love & Friendship

by Jack Canfield

Consider the Lobster Summary

Consider the Lobster

And Other Essays

by David Foster Wallace 2005 468 pages

The Book of (More) Delights Summary

The Book of (More) Delights

by Ross Gay 2023 336 pages

Taking Flight Summary

A Book of Story Meditations

by Anthony de Mello 1990 192 pages

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror Summary

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror

by Robert Louis Stevenson 2003 224 pages

The Metamorphosis Summary

The Metamorphosis

by Franz Kafka

White Nights Summary

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Russian Literature

The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary

The Death of Ivan Ilych

by Leo Tolstoy 2006 86 pages

Russian Literature

The Canterbury Tales Summary

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer 2003 504 pages

A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary

A Visit from the Goon Squad

by Jennifer Egan 2010 288 pages

The Complete Fables Summary

The Complete Fables

by Aesop 1998 96 pages

The Complete Stories and Poems Summary

The Complete Stories and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe 1966 832 pages

The Call of Cthulhu Summary

The Call of Cthulhu

by H.P. Lovecraft

The House on Mango Street Summary

The House on Mango Street

by Sandra Cisneros 1962 144 pages

The Martian Chronicles Summary

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury 1984 192 pages

Science Fiction

Chicken Soup for the Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Random Acts of Kindness: 101 Stories of Compassion and Paying It Forward

by Amy Newmark 2017 384 pages

Norse Mythology Summary

Norse Mythology

by Neil Gaiman

Chess Story Summary

by Stefan Zweig 2005 104 pages

German Literature

The Jungle Book Summary

The Jungle Book

by Rudyard Kipling 1992 192 pages

Chicken Soup for the Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Soul

Tough Times, Tough People: 101 Stories about Overcoming the Economic Crisis and Other Challenges

by Jack Canfield 2009 414 pages

I, Robot Summary

by Isaac Asimov 2004 240 pages

Science Fiction

Skeleton Crew Summary

by Stephen King 1993 612 pages

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