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Short Stories Book Summaries

The Gathering Dark Summary
The Gathering Dark
An Anthology of Folk Horror
by Tori Bovalino 2022 272 pages
3.55
4.0K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Young Adult
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Summary
The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 1843 688 pages
4.36
69.8K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Horror
All Aunt Hagar's Children Summary
All Aunt Hagar's Children
Stories
by Edward P. Jones 2006 399 pages
3.82
2.3K ratings
Short Stories
Historical Fiction
African American
Radicalized Summary
Radicalized
by Cory Doctorow 2019 304 pages
4.03
7.9K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dystopia
Uh-oh Summary
Uh-oh
Some Observations from Both Sides of the Refrigerator Door
by Robert Fulghum 1991 244 pages
4.13
3.4K ratings
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
What On Earth Have I Done? Summary
What On Earth Have I Done?
Stories, Observations, and Affirmations
by Robert Fulghum 1997 320 pages
4.09
1.1K ratings
Humor
Essays
Philosophy
The Great God Pan Summary
The Great God Pan
by Arthur Machen 1890 82 pages
3.68
15.5K ratings
Horror
Classics
Fantasy
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Summary
We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.
by Samantha Irby 2017 275 pages
3.90
46.9K ratings
Essays
Memoir
Humor
El hombre semen Summary
El hombre semen
by Violette Ailhaud 2010 46 pages
3.66
1.1K ratings
Short Stories
France
Drama
Crooked Hallelujah Summary
Crooked Hallelujah
by Kelli Jo Ford 2020 304 pages
3.47
3.3K ratings
Historical Fiction
Indigenous
Literary Fiction
Stories of Your Life and Others Summary
Stories of Your Life and Others
by Ted Chiang 2002 281 pages
4.25
119.0K ratings
Short Stories
Science Fiction
Fantasy
Bedtime Stories for Kids Summary
Bedtime Stories for Kids
by Uncle Amon 2015 28 pages
3.81
22.1K ratings
Childrens
Amazon
Picture Books
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault Summary
Fifty Things That Aren't My Fault
Essays from the Grown-up Years
by Cathy Guisewite 2019 336 pages
3.56
2.1K ratings
Humor
Essays
Memoir
Tales from Watership Down Summary
Tales from Watership Down
by Richard Adams 1996 335 pages
3.83
9.3K ratings
Fantasy
Classics
Animals
Fantastic Night & Other Stories Summary
Fantastic Night & Other Stories
by Stefan Zweig 1922 164 pages
3.99
1.7K ratings
Short Stories
Classics
German Literature
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time Summary
Supertoys Last All Summer Long and Other Stories of Future Time
by Brian W. Aldiss 1969 256 pages
3.48
1.2K ratings
Science Fiction
Short Stories
Dystopia
The Tangleroot Palace Summary
The Tangleroot Palace
by Marjorie M. Liu 2021 239 pages
3.96
1.9K ratings
Fantasy
Short Stories
Horror
The Canterbury Tales Summary
The Canterbury Tales
A Retelling
by Peter Ackroyd 2009 436 pages
3.56
2.5K ratings
Classics
Poetry
Historical Fiction
Night of Cake & Puppets Summary
Night of Cake & Puppets
by Laini Taylor 2013 256 pages
4.28
21.9K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Romance
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings Summary
The Mammoth Book of True Hauntings
by Peter Haining 2008 512 pages
3.56
319 ratings
Horror
Paranormal
Ghosts
Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy Summary
Welcome to Shadowhunter Academy
by Cassandra Clare 2015 78 pages
4.09
24.2K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Short Stories
Tales From the Hinterland Summary
Tales From the Hinterland
by Melissa Albert 2021 240 pages
4.01
7.4K ratings
Fantasy
Young Adult
Short Stories
Short Stories in French for Beginners Summary
Short Stories in French for Beginners
by Olly Richards 2018 252 pages
4.06
1.1K ratings
France
Short Stories
Language
Imaginary Lives Summary
Imaginary Lives
by Marcel Schwob 1896 90 pages
3.98
1.2K ratings
Short Stories
France
Literature
American Supernatural Tales Summary
American Supernatural Tales
by S.T. Joshi 2007 478 pages
4.01
1.2K ratings
Horror
Short Stories
Anthologies
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