Being back in school it always feels like there’s never enough time to read for fun!! Or, put another way, when we actually have a moment of free time, sometimes curling up with a book is not always the highest priority. We’ve got extracurricular activities, jobs, internships, volunteering, homework and more to think about here. Free time is often filled up with hanging out with friends, watching TV, sleeping… Enter: the short story. Short stories are great choice when you’re busy and don’t have a lot of spare reading time. You can pick and choose which stories you want to read, rather than feel obligated to read the whole book from cover to cover, but still get your reading fix or follow your favorite authors.
Quick Picks: Short Stories
- 13: Thirteen Stories that Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen [2] – with stories by Meg Cabot, James Howe, Ron Koertge and Carolyn Mackler
- 21 Proms [3] – with stories by Sarah Mlynowski, E. Lockhart, Melissa de la Cruz and John Green
- Does this Book Make Me Look Fat? [4] – with stories by Ellen Hopkins, Coe Booth, Sara Zarr and Carolyn Mackler
- Enthralled: Paranormal Diversions [5] – with stories by Melissa Marr, Carrie Ryan, Jackson Pearce and Ally Condie
- Every Man for Himself: Ten Short Stories about Being a Guy [6] – with stories by Walter Dean Myers, René Saldaña, Jr., David Lubar and Terry Trueman
- Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror [7] – with stories by R.L. Stine, Heather Brewer, Walter Sorrells and Alane Ferguson
- First Crossing: Stories about Teen Immigrants [8] – with stories by Pam Muñoz Ryan, David Lubar and Rita Williams Garcia
- Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd [9] – with stories by Scott Westerfeld, M.T. Anderson, David Levithan and John Green
- How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity [10] – with stories by Francesca Lia Block, David Leviathan, and Julie Ann Peters
- Kiss Me Deadly: 13 Tales of Paranormal Love [11] – with stories by Sarah Rees Brennan, Rachel Vincent, Maggie Stiefvater and Carrie Ryan
- Make Me Over: 11 Original Stories about Transforming Ourselves [12] – with stories by René Saldaña, Jr., Joseph Bruchac and Margaret Peterson Haddix
- One Hot Second: Stories about Desire [13] – with stories by Ellen Wittlinger, Jennifer Armstrong, Nancy Garden and Sarah Dessen
- Owning It: Stories about Teens with Disabilities [14] – with stories by Gail Giles, Chris Crutcher, Alex Flinn and Robert Lipsyte
- Pick-Up Game: A Full Day of Full Court [15] – with stories by Charles R. Smith, Jr., Marc Aronson, Adam Rapp and Sharon G. Flake
- The Restless Dead: Ten Original Stories of the Supernatural [16] – with stories by Marcus Sedgwick, Holly Black and Libba Bray
- Shining On: 11 Star Authors’ Illuminating Stories [17] – with stories by Meg Cabot, Melvin Burgess, Celia Rees and Lois Lowry
- Steampunk!: An Anthology of Fantastically Rich and Strange Stories [18] – with stories by Cassandra Clare, Libba Bray, Holly Black and M.T. Anderson
- This is Push: An Anthology of New Writing [19] – with stories by Markus Zusak, Kevin Brooks and Patricia McCormick
- What are You Afraid Of?: Stories about Phobias [20] – with stories by Nancy Springer, Jane Yolen, Gail Giles and Neal Shusterman
- Zombies vs. Unicorns [21] – with stories by Garth Nix, Maureen Johnson, Scott Westerfeld and Cassandra Clare
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