Miss-Nightlife Posted June 27, 2016 Posted June 27, 2016 I absolutely love short story collections! I'm currently reading A. M. Homes 'The Safety of Objects' and have loved authors like Angela Readman and Diane Cook. Can anyone recommend any more quirky short story collections? Quote
davidh219 Posted July 2, 2016 Posted July 2, 2016 Unfortunately I mostly read genre fiction, and that extends to short stories. Don't know if most of this is what you'd be looking for, genre-wise, but I enjoyed these a lot. Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman Smoke & Mirrors by Neil Gaiman Unnatural Creatures (edited by Gaiman, stories by various authors) 60 Stories by Donald Barthlme (very post-modern, be warned) The Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway The Complete Stories by Franz Kafka Quote
dtrpath27 Posted July 10, 2016 Posted July 10, 2016 If you're looking for quirky short stories, check out One More Thing by B.J. Novak. Quote
timebug Posted July 11, 2016 Posted July 11, 2016 Saki wrote a whole book or two of excellent short stories, most of which I believe are now out of copyright and are available on Project Gutenberg and similar sites? Quote
Anna Begins Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 (edited) I can recommend anything by Raymond Carver or Phillip K Dick and second The Illustrated Man. Edited July 12, 2016 by Anna Begins Quote
itsmeagain Posted July 12, 2016 Posted July 12, 2016 Saki wrote a whole book or two of excellent short stories, most of which I believe are now out of copyright and are available on Project Gutenberg and similar sites? Available on Amazon cheap as chips. I absolutely love short story collections! I'm currently reading A. M. Homes 'The Safety of Objects' and have loved authors like Angela Readman and Diane Cook. Can anyone recommend any more quirky short story collections? William Trevor.Absolutely brilliant short story collection. Quote
prinsessekriss Posted September 14, 2016 Posted September 14, 2016 Check out "Diary of the mad" by Victoria Haugnes. Good read! Quote
Kolinahr Posted September 14, 2016 Posted September 14, 2016 Seconding the Gaiman recommendations! For a long time, they really outstripped his novels in quality (imo, those have only caught up recently with such eerie and rather short entries as Coraline and The Ocean at the End of the Lane). Quote
Angury Posted September 15, 2016 Posted September 15, 2016 Lydia Davis is fantastic: http://www.bookclubforum.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/14166-lydia-davis/ Quote
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