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Need inspiration? Whether you\u2019re trying to come up with ideas for your next novel, or just looking for that sense of euphoria that comes after reading a great book, these short story collections can truly give you that sense of awe.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All of these authors are masters of their craft with distinct styles you\u2019ll appreciate. Some are Nobel and Pulitzer prize-winning legends, while others are part of the new generation of up-and-comers inspiring change throughout the world. Rest assured\u2014each of these anthologies are the kind that make you sit back in wonder and just think.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Start with our recommended story with each collection, or read them straight through from beginning to end. Either way, you\u2019ll find inspiration in every page.<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Jorge Luis Borges, Ficciones<\/a>.<\/i><\/h3>\n

Jorge Luis Borges loves books. It\u2019s not just ideas, concepts, and stories that make up the thematic depth of this two-part collection, but the actual physical objects themselves. When characters visit endless libraries or come across ancient scrolls, you get the sense that Borges himself has touched and read these mysterious works, even though they\u2019re quite literally unreal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Borges\u2019 style manages to be simultaneously hard to penetrate and yet totally accessible. Little seems to be lost in translation as the Nobel prize-winner\u2019s passion for literature and the human need for fiction shines through some of the most expressive works ever created. The books and even the places in Borges\u2019 work may be infinite, yet the Argentinian laureate manages to convey an incredible amount of\u00a0 philosophical content in each of his works. This is one to challenge the mind and your perceptions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>\u201cThe Secret Miracle.\u201d A man sentenced to death asks God for one year in which to finish his magnum opus. Like much of <\/span>Ficciones, <\/span><\/i>\u201cMiracle\u201d was written during WWII and shares the same setting, mincing no words in portraying a violent reality. Borges\u2019 offers immense inspiration in his story without falling into melodrama\u2014a rare feat for any author, but one that recurs throughout his collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. George Saunders, <\/span>10th of December<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n

Saunders has a particularly unique ability to create situations that seem absurdly hilarious from the outset before drawing us into a world darker and more difficult than it seems. It\u2019s that mixture of the outlandish and the difficult that gives his work such a human quality rarely seen in fiction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Saunders\u2014perhaps most famous for his novel <\/span>Lincoln in the Bardo\u2014<\/span><\/i>is distinctly modern in the lowercase-m sense of the word. His understanding of life in both our technology and our paranoiac age hints at an underlying calm that could be mistaken for cynicism. It\u2019s the faith in humanity\u2014both rich and understated in each story\u2014that gives this collection its moving quality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>\u201cVictory Lap.\u201d Thriller novelists wish they could pack this much page-turning tension into their openings. While an abduction drives the main plot of this story, Saunders\u2019 style and tone keep the focus on the characters rather than the crime. In fact, the choice of whether to act or not is at the heart of this tale\u2014a dilemma common to human life, and one Saunders is not afraid to unpack.<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,\u00a0That Thing Around Your Neck<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Sisters and brothers, husbands and wives, Muslims and Christians\u2014Adichie\u2019s ability to cast two opposite but not entirely opposing characters beside each other, then let the story unfold from their divergent backgrounds, is remarkable in its realism. Her characters are introspective yet foolish, cruel yet well-meaning, contradictory yet honest. In short, they\u2019re human.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many authors writing about Africa in English face the challenge of rendering life on the continent realistically without losing their Western audiences. Adichie pens her stories in a way that keeps the reader\u2019s focus on the characters, reflecting our opinions on society in her tightly-crafted stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Rest assured, this is a distinctly Nigerian collection in terms of its setting. The themes, like in all lasting works, are entirely universal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>\u201cA Private Experience.\u201d Caught in the middle of a riot, two women of divergent class and religious backgrounds take shelter in an abandoned shop. You\u2019ll sense the tension outside the makeshift refuge while, inside, the characters achieve a level of calm despite their fear. There are no easy wins or simple answers here; just a poignant portrayal of loss and love that will make you a fan of her work well before those final words.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Flannery O\u2019Connor,<\/span> The Complete Stories<\/span><\/i><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

O\u2019Connor published two short story collections in her short yet prolific life. This anthology collects both anthologies alongside several previously-unpublished stories. You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a more encompassing display of a short story writer at her peak.<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Connor is considered a Southern author, particularly for her stories portraying racism and intersexuality at a time of upheaval in the United States. It\u2019s rare for an author to so richly recreate the atmosphere, attitudes, and anger of the 1950s and \u201860s with characters who seem so contemporary. The elderly in her stories carry with them notions that seem so out of date, but the younger generation don\u2019t fare much better in making sense of modern life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These stories have a sardonic approach that never seems insulting or cruel; in fact, O\u2019Connor\u2019s deep love for America shines through in every story\u2014even if you have to work a bit to find it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>While \u201cA Good Man Is Hard to Find\u201d remains her most analyzed work, the themes of redemption in \u201cThe River\u201d will leave you with a renewed sense of purpose long after you\u2019ve finished this sizable collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Raymond Carver,\u00a0Cathedral<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

It\u2019s tough to pick just one Carver anthology. Virtually everything the man wrote could be used as an example of a great story. Deeply conceived, expertly plotted, and richly realized in unvarnished prose, any Carver work is worth the time you\u2019ll spend reading.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet there\u2019s a bottomless depth to <\/span>Cathedral <\/span><\/i>that\u2019s drawn readers in time and time again. It\u2019s both his most accessible collection and his most introspective, with characters that seem plucked from a mundane reality to show us what life is like\u2014if not for us, then for the people we could have been.<\/span><\/p>\n

Carver draws humor from the often misanthropic attitudes of some of his characters. Friendship is still the major theme here, and the manner in which human relationships are drawn can seem all too real at times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a hopeful attitude in every story that makes them ripe for analysis, and indeed, Carver is a mainstay of university English classrooms. You don\u2019t need to write an essay about these stories to see their brilliance, but you\u2019ll definitely want to discuss what you think about them with someone you love.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>Even Carver considered the title text, \u201cCathedral,\u201d to be among his most distinctive works. It fits thematically with the other stories while being just a bit outside of them, giving us a more obvious epiphany for the main character without really revealing just how deep or life-changing his realization will be. This is the kind of story that leaves you wanting more in the most satisfying way possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

6. Lucia Berlin,<\/span> A Manual for Cleaning Women<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n

Let\u2019s not mince words: These stories will make you cry. Like her stories, Berlin\u2019s backstory is an elegant tragedy: she fought alcoholism, health issues, and failed relationships throughout her life until her death in 2004. In 2015, 11 years after her death, her stories were republished as <\/span>A Manual For Cleaning Women.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Berlin writes from experience. The author worked several menial jobs as she honed her literary craft, and her characters\u2014maids, cooks, switchboard operators\u2014have that distinct sense of realism that only comes from writers who know their subjects better than we know ourselves. The poignancy of each tale is such that some, like \u201cThe Jockey,\u201d need only five paragraphs to leave us in quiet awe.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not entirely clear just how Berlin\u2019s posthumous work rose to such popularity, dominating Best-Of lists as well as Amazon charts throughout the mid-2010s. Her stories have of course been with us all along, waiting for the day they\u2019d receive their due. Now that they\u2019ve finally found their place in our canon, you need not wait any longer to find what so many others missed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>There are 43 stories in this collection, and it\u2019s a testament to Berlin\u2019s mastery that picking just one is so difficult. \u201cMama,\u201d with its sharp one-liners and deceptively simple plot, makes a good case for being among her most poignant\u2014particularly when you reach those bleak final lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

7. Ernest Hemingway,<\/span> The First Forty-Nine Stories<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n

Hemingway\u2019s outsized reputation in modern American literature has given him an almost-mythical aura. His notoriety for short, simple sentences is such that a popular writing app bears his name, promising to do to your work what Hemingway painstakingly did to his.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the \u201ctip of the iceberg\u201d style that makes Hemingway\u2019s work essential, though the sparse prose has kept his work from seeming dated. <\/span>The First Forty-Nine Stories <\/span><\/i>show Hemingway at a variety of points in his life\u2014from a young veteran of the First World WAr in \u201cMy Old Man\u201d to a growing stylistic master in \u201cFathers and Sons\u201d and a living legend in \u201cThe Snows of Kilimanjaro.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s a wide range of story lengths in this collection, some of which feature Hemingway\u2019s self-insert character Nick Adams. All of the 49 are tied together not only by the author\u2019s famous style, but by a sense of purpose and self-worth shaken yet strong in the years following WWI.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hemingway would go on to develop some of these themes in <\/span>A Farewell to Arms <\/span><\/i>and, later, <\/span>The Old Man and the Sea. <\/span><\/i>Each of those novels prominently feature loss; <\/span>The First Forty-Nine Stories <\/span><\/i>are about keeping the things we love while struggling with the reality that nothing lasts forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>It\u2019s not hard to find an inspiring boxing story. The fact that no prize-fight tale has ever topped \u201cFifty Grand\u201d tells us something about Hemingway\u2019s passion for the sport, his adherence (in literature) to moral codes, and the well-developed sense of self evident in his work.<\/span><\/p>\n

8. Roald Dahl, Kiss Kiss<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Anyone who loved <\/span>Matilda <\/span><\/i>and <\/span>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory <\/span><\/i>as a kid (or adult!) should not overlook Dahl\u2019s adult work. The undercurrent of the macabre and dark humor present in his children\u2019s stories comes to the forefront in <\/span>Kiss Kiss. <\/span><\/i>Most of these stories are, in fact, tales of horror.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dahl\u2019s stories don\u2019t just leave you with a brief scare. Between the margins of the cruelty and the supernatural is a deeper understanding of the way people mistreat each other\u2014and how that mistreatment can backfire in surprising ways.<\/span><\/p>\n

These are not the kind of stories you eagerly promote for your next book club\u2014and maybe that\u2019s a good thing. There\u2019s a certain delight in reading these alone, perhaps by lamplight at night, and wondering just what was going on in the head of <\/span>The BFG <\/span><\/i>author that gave him such a fondness for bloody tales and black humor. If this is Dahl at his most personal, then we all might have to look inside us to see what we\u2019ve been keeping bottled up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>\u201cLamb to the Slaughter.\u201d Rejected by <\/span>The New Yorker <\/span><\/i>in 1953, this story took on a new life when Alfred Hitchcock directed a TV adaptation in 1958. It works stunningly well for TV, but even better when the events play out in your own head. After \u201cLamb,\u201d you\u2019ll either put the book back where you found it, or hungrily devour (no pun intended) every last one of the stories in this wonderfully dark collection.<\/span><\/p>\n

9. Lauren Groff,<\/span> Florida<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/h3>\n

\u201cAn Eden of dangerous things.\u201d America\u2019s Sunshine State has never been quite so accurately depicted as it is in Groff\u2019s anthology. You don\u2019t have to be a Florida resident to take inspiration from these tales of hurricanes, poverty, and yes, an alligator or two.<\/span><\/p>\n

Groff\u2019s greatest strength as an author is in her sentences, which stretch and twist like a climbing aster across a floodplain swamp. On the whole, her stories richly portray the characters in the midst of their dangerous situations, yet analyzing her words and structure reveals the introspective nature that sets this collection apart. When fantastical events occur in her stories, you don\u2019t feel as though you\u2019ve left Earth\u2014you\u2019re just discovering <\/span>Florida.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Recommended Story: <\/span><\/i>A woman on vacation falls and hits her head. Her two young sons use what they\u2019ve learned from TV to see the situation through. The situation is dire, yet Groff\u2019s look into the woman\u2019s mind is rife with humor and observation that will keep you guessing throughout.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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