Short Stories

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Short Stories Book Summaries

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man Summary

The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 32 pages

Russian Literature

I, Robot Summary

by Isaac Asimov 1950 224 pages

Science Fiction

by Gillian Anderson 2024 372 pages

Rejection Summary

by Tony Tulathimutte 2024 272 pages

Literary Fiction

The Cuck Summary

by Aron Beauregard 2022 76 pages

Horror Thriller

The Answer Is No Summary

The Answer Is No

by Fredrik Backman 2024 68 pages

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky Summary

The Best Short Stories of Fyodor Dostoevsky

by Fyodor Dostoevsky 1877 320 pages

Callings Summary

The Purpose and Passion of Work

by Dave Isay 2016 266 pages

The Most Dangerous Game Summary

The Most Dangerous Game

by Richard Connell 1924 48 pages

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory Summary

Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

by Raphael Bob-Waksberg 2019 256 pages

Ficciones Summary

by Jorge Luis Borges 1944 174 pages

Magical Realism

Well-Read Black Girl Summary

Well-Read Black Girl

Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves

by Glory Edim 2018 201 pages

The Canterbury Tales Summary

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer 1400 504 pages

The Martian Chronicles Summary

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury 1950 182 pages

Science Fiction

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II

by Jack Canfield 1998 351 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 Gift Summary

by Freida McFadden 2022 47 pages

Mr Salary Summary

by Sally Rooney 2016 33 pages

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories Summary

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories

The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

by Franz Kafka 1915 352 pages

Interpreter of Maladies Summary

Interpreter of Maladies

by Jhumpa Lahiri 1999 198 pages

Marcovaldo Summary

by Italo Calvino 1963 128 pages

Italian Literature

Palm Sunday Summary

An Autobiographical Collage

by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 1981 300 pages

Forty Tales from the Afterlives

by David Eagleman 2009 110 pages

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream Summary

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

by Harlan Ellison 1967 134 pages

Science Fiction

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad Summary

Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad

by Damilare Kuku 2024 254 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

Dubliners Summary

by James Joyce 1914 352 pages

Life Ceremony Summary

by Sayaka Murata 2019 256 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 1886 224 pages

The Yellow Wall-Paper Summary

The Yellow Wall-Paper

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 1892 54 pages

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams Summary

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams

Short Stories, Prose and Diary Excerpts

by Sylvia Plath 1977 336 pages

The Good Immigrant Summary

The Good Immigrant

26 Writers Reflect on America

by Nikesh Shukla 2019 336 pages

Falling in Love Again Summary

Falling in Love Again

by Ruskin Bond 2013 195 pages

Worst Wingman Ever Summary

Worst Wingman Ever

by Abby Jimenez 2024 61 pages

I Am Legend and Other Stories Summary

I Am Legend and Other Stories

by Richard Matheson 1954 317 pages

Science Fiction

The Refugees Summary

by Viet Thanh Nguyen 2017 209 pages

Historical Fiction

The Murders in the Rue Morgue Summary

The Murders in the Rue Morgue

by Edgar Allan Poe 1841 38 pages

Nostalgia Summary

by Mircea Cărtărescu 1989 361 pages

Romanian Literature

My Evil Mother Summary

by Margaret Atwood 2022 32 pages

Historical Fiction

Me Talk Pretty One Day Summary

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris 2000 272 pages

The Lonely Voice Summary

The Lonely Voice

A Study of the Short Story

by Frank O'Connor 1961 224 pages

Literary Criticism

Stag Dance Summary

by Torrey Peters 2025 288 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 2002 384 pages

The Fall Risk Summary

by Abby Jimenez 2025 82 pages

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship Summary

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul on Love and Friendship

by Jack Canfield 2002 300 pages

Bartleby the Scrivener Summary

Bartleby the Scrivener

by Herman Melville 1853 64 pages

Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul Summary

Chicken Soup for the Girl's Soul

Real Stories by Real Girls About Real Stuff

by Jack Canfield 2005 350 pages

The Arabian Nights Summary

The Arabian Nights

Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 1

by Anonymous 982 pages

Déjame que te cuente Summary

Déjame que te cuente

by Jorge Bucay 1994 240 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 1986 221 pages

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