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Top Ten Tuesday: Short Stories that Exceed Tall Expectations

Happy Tuesday!! This week’s Top Ten Tuesday theme (hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl) asks us to share our favorite short story collections. While I usually prefer reading novels over short stories, I have enjoyed several fantastic collections. Here are a few of my favorites!

Apparently I haven’t read enough short story collections to fill this entire list.. but the ones I have read are excellent!

What are your favorite short story collections? What do you think of the ones I’ve mentioned here? Let me know in the comments section below!

Yours,

HOLLY

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July 17, 2018

Top Ten Tuesday

B.J. Novak, Big Woods, Edgar Allan Poe, Grimm Tales, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kate Chopin, Philip Pullman, Short Stories, Top Ten Tuesday, William Faulkner

14 responses to “Top Ten Tuesday: Short Stories that Exceed Tall Expectations”

ericarobyn

July 17, 2018 at 6:17 am

Great list!! Short stories are really hit or miss with me, but I’ve found that I love horror short stories! 🙂

Erica | Erica Robyn Reads

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Kim @ Traveling in Books

July 17, 2018 at 9:00 am

Trigger Warning, by Neil Gaiman is the first short story collection that came to mind. The Illustrated Man, The October Country, and From the Dust Returned by Ray Bradbury are also excellent.

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Erin

July 17, 2018 at 9:47 am

Great list! I haven’t read Grimm Tales yet, but I absolutely love Pullman’s work so I’ll have to add it to my TBR. One of my favourite story collections is The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo.

My TTT: https://lavishliterature.com/2018/07/17/top-ten-favourite-novellas-short-stories/

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Aymee (@asphaltcowgrrl)

July 17, 2018 at 10:49 am

Yes – Sherlock and Poe, the two authors that made me fall in love with short stories!

Here is our Top Ten Tuesday. Thank you!

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ChrissiReads

July 17, 2018 at 11:02 am

I love the Grimm book by Philip Pullman, it’s where I got my Grimm Tales from for my Fairy Tale feature.

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Erin B.

July 17, 2018 at 12:33 pm

I have The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe on my list! I think it’s the only one of his I’ve read. Well, maybe The Raven too…but I think that’s a poem so I’m not sure it counts.

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Kristina

July 17, 2018 at 1:18 pm

Interresting!
Ive only read one so far, beyond the gossamer veil. Which wasnt what I had expected, actually 🙈 Id need to find more that id hopefully like.

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Forty-Two Thoughts

July 17, 2018 at 1:21 pm

One more thing has been on my tbr for ages, love the rest of your list too!

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FranL

July 17, 2018 at 4:27 pm

Glad to see some Kate Chopin love on your list too! I’m been meaning to read Pullman’s Grimm’s Tales.
https://franlaniado.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/top-ten-tuesday-best-novellas-and-short-stories/

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curlygeek04

July 17, 2018 at 7:30 pm

I included Interpreter of Maladies and almost included Sherlock Holmes. I’m seeing a lot of Faulkner on these lists. I’ve always wanted to read something by him but I’ve been intimidated… short stories might be just the right thing!

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Tanya Goffy

July 18, 2018 at 12:59 am

I’ve been meaning to read some of these, especially more Poe. I’ll love Sherlock Holmes forever! Another short story collection is The Martian Chronicles, but it’s sometimes considered a novel because they’re in sequence.

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Aj @ Read All The Things!

July 18, 2018 at 8:56 pm

Great list! I love Edgar Allan Poe. I think his was the first short story collection I ever read. I loved Interpreter of Maladies, too. I should read one of the author’s novels someday.

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iloveheartlandx

July 19, 2018 at 10:16 am

I haven’t read the Sherlock Holmes stories, but I want to!
My TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2018/07/17/top-ten-tuesday-168/

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