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BeyondRecovery1 OP t1_ixy0rj9 wrote

Reply to comment by Pertee_Petty in How to stick to just one book at a time? by BeyondRecovery1

Don’t know why I never quiet got into short stories. Any good books that would suck one in? I know it’s specific to interests but curious

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boxer_dogs_dance t1_ixy53w2 wrote

Suggest you go over to r/suggestmeabook and search their archives for some of the many threads listing favorite short stories.

Edit my personal favorites are Nightfall by Asimov, to Build a Fire by London, BD 11 1 86 by Oates, the Mysterious Stranger by Twain and anything by Edgar Allan Poe

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vanishingelephants t1_ixy5dhu wrote

I read like an insane man looking his glasses. I like short stories if I’m not wanting to commit so much time to a book. Short stories can get you in the moon for reading of that makes sense. I’d pick a favorite author and find a collection of their short stories. I like to read letters, if I don’t want fiction and I want a document type thing. Idk, I’m all over the place with my reading materials.

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Accomplished-Ruin-12 t1_ixy5kwz wrote

Depends what you like. Alice Munro is a classic beautiful short story writer, but maybe appeals mainly to white female middle aged Ontarians. But really good I swear

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