Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Truman Capote's classic Breakfast at Tiffany's is actually a very short novella. Barely longer than a short story. The classic version also includes 3 actual short stories in the same volume. All four are barely a combined 150 pages.
Although there are individual short stories that I love, overall it's not a form I like. I prefer to dive into a fat, complex book that will carry me along and engulf me.
I had not read it yet, but our book club will be reading Olive Kitteridge in a couple months. It is a collection of short stories with recurring characters.
This is a good one. I love the writing style and it's clearly based on the darkness and drudgery of real life experiences. So many nuances and details. More recently it became a mini-series starring Frances McDormand as Olive - she plays an awesome cranky old lady!
Some people mentioned Flowers For Algernon and I'm confused. I consider books of "short stories" to be a collection of different stories, whether they're connected with characters/plot lines or not. Then there's anthologies - a collection of short stories written by various authors. Flowers For Algernon is one continuous story. I think the original publication was short in word count, but then later rewritten to become a full fledged novel (which is how I remember it, in paperback format).
Status:
"I don't understand. But I don't care, so it works out."
(set 3 days ago)
35,614 posts, read 17,940,183 times
Reputation: 50634
I LOVE short stories.
One More Thing, Stories and Other Stories by BJ Novak (of The Office). Brilliant collection.
A Few of the Girls, collection of short stories by Maeve Binchy.
And of course, anything by Shirley Jackson, author of The Lottery. Charles, in my opinion, is one of her best.
And then, a few stand alone outliers. The Hat of My Mother by Max Steele. Bernice Bobs her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
