Short Stories Book Summaries

White Nights Summary
White Nights
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1848 82 pages
4.07
200k+ ratings
Russian Literature
Short Stories
Russia
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
by Harlan Ellison 1967 20 pages
3.69
9k+ ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Science Fiction
AI 2041 Summary
AI 2041
Ten Visions for Our Future
by Kai-Fu Lee 2021 480 pages
3.85
4k+ ratings
Artificial Intelligence
Science
Technology
Men Without Women Summary
Men Without Women
by Haruki Murakami 2014 242 pages
3.75
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Japanese Literature
Contemporary
The Metamorphosis Summary
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka 1915 201 pages
3.89
1.2M+ ratings
Classics
Fantasy
Philosophy
Table for Two Summary
Table for Two
by Amor Towles 2024 451 pages
4.22
49k+ ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
Literary 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
4.05
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Short Stories
The Shawshank Redemption Summary
The Shawshank Redemption
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 1994 507 pages
4.48
4k+ ratings
Horror
Thriller
Short Stories
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Summary
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
by Ambrose Bierce 1890 36 pages
4.02
25k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Horror
A Visit from the Goon Squad Summary
A Visit from the Goon Squad
by Jennifer Egan 2010 274 pages
3.70
200k+ ratings
Contemporary
Music
Short Stories
Modern Love Summary
Modern Love
True Stories of Love, Loss, and Redemption
by Daniel Jones 2007 304 pages
4.19
13k+ ratings
Romance
Essays
Short Stories
Like a House on Fire Summary
Like a House on Fire
by Cate Kennedy 2012 288 pages
3.47
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Contemporary
School
The Call of Cthulhu Summary
The Call of Cthulhu
by H.P. Lovecraft 1928 43 pages
4.03
100k+ ratings
Horror
Classics
Short Stories
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
3.98
1k+ ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Short Stories
The Death of Ivan Ilych Summary
The Death of Ivan Ilych
by Leo Tolstoy 1886 86 pages
4.13
100k+ ratings
Classics
Russia
Russian Literature
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
4.05
200k+ ratings
Psychology
Science
Medicine
The Things They Carried Summary
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien 1990 246 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Historical Fiction
Classics
War
The House on Mango Street Summary
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros 1984 110 pages
3.69
200k+ ratings
Classics
Young Adult
Short Stories
Well-Read Black Girl Summary
Well-Read Black Girl
Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves
by Glory Edim 2018 201 pages
4.37
6k+ ratings
Essays
Feminism
Race
A Short Stay in Hell Summary
A Short Stay in Hell
by Steven L. Peck 2011 110 pages
4.19
31k+ ratings
Horror
Fantasy
Philosophy
Schoolgirl Summary
Schoolgirl
by Osamu Dazai 1939 103 pages
4.00
20k+ ratings
Classics
Japanese Literature
Japan
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy Summary
Love's Executioner and Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 1989 304 pages
4.25
38k+ ratings
Psychology
Mental Health
Short Stories
Chess Story Summary
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig 1942 104 pages
4.27
100k+ ratings
German Literature
Short Stories
Literature
Norse Mythology Summary
Norse Mythology
by Neil Gaiman 2017 301 pages
4.10
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Mythology
Short Stories
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II Summary
Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II
by Jack Canfield 1998 351 pages
3.98
7k+ ratings
Short Stories
Self Help
Inspirational
Callings Summary
Callings
The Purpose and Passion of Work
by Dave Isay 2016 266 pages
3.92
1k+ ratings
Short Stories
Memoir
Essays
The Housemaid's Wedding Summary
The Housemaid's Wedding
by Freida McFadden 2024 76 pages
3.39
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Mystery
Mystery Thriller
The Last Wish Summary
The Last Wish
by Andrzej Sapkowski 1993 400 pages
4.14
300k+ ratings
Fantasy
Short Stories
High Fantasy
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief Summary
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Thief
by Maurice Leblanc 1907 279 pages
3.81
32k+ ratings
Classics
Mystery
Crime
Palm Sunday Summary
Palm Sunday
An Autobiographical Collage
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981 300 pages
3.78
6k+ ratings
Essays
Short Stories
Classics
Creatures of a Day Summary
Creatures of a Day
And Other Tales of Psychotherapy
by Irvin D. Yalom 2015 215 pages
4.22
12k+ ratings
Psychology
Philosophy
Short Stories
The House of Hunger Summary
The House of Hunger
by Dambudzo Marechera 1978 160 pages
3.96
1k+ ratings
Africa
Short Stories
Zimbabwe
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
4.08
79k+ ratings
Contemporary
Japan
Books About Books
The Complete Stories and Poems Summary
The Complete Stories and Poems
by Edgar Allan Poe 1849 821 pages
4.40
200k+ ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
Auggie & Me Summary
Auggie & Me
Three Wonder Stories
by R.J. Palacio 2014 303 pages
4.27
39k+ ratings
Middle Grade
Young Adult
Realistic Fiction
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
3.97
4k+ ratings
Self Help
Inspirational
Short Stories
The Tales of Beedle the Bard Summary
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
by J.K. Rowling 2008 105 pages
4.04
500k+ ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Short Stories
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary
The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky
by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages
4.24
4k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Russia
Wise and Otherwise Summary
Wise and Otherwise
by Sudha Murty 2006 220 pages
4.02
13k+ ratings
Short Stories
India
Indian Literature
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
3.94
19k+ ratings
Short Stories
Self Help
Inspirational
The Gift Summary
The Gift
by Freida McFadden 2022 47 pages
3.25
100k+ ratings
Thriller
Christmas
Mystery
Who Goes There? Summary
Who Goes There?
by John W. Campbell Jr. 1938 161 pages
3.79
11k+ ratings
Horror
Science Fiction
Classics
I, Robot Summary
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov 1950 224 pages
4.21
300k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Classics
Short Stories
Aesop’s Fables Summary
Aesop’s Fables
by Aesop 352 pages
4.05
100k+ ratings
Short Stories
Classics
Childrens
The Cyberiad Summary
The Cyberiad
by Stanisław Lem 1965 295 pages
4.14
13k+ ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Humor
Inciting Joy Summary
Inciting Joy
Essays
by Ross Gay 2022 256 pages
4.14
4k+ ratings
Essays
Poetry
Memoir
Diary Of A Murderer Summary
Diary Of A Murderer
And Other Stories
by Young-ha Kim 2019 200 pages
3.73
10k+ ratings
Short Stories
Thriller
Mystery
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Arthur Conan Doyle 1892 389 pages
4.30
300k+ ratings
Mystery
Short Stories
Crime
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 1996 353 pages
4.14
51k+ ratings
Essays
Humor
Short Stories
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 373 pages
4.29
100+ ratings
Short Stories
Self Help
Inspirational
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