Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries vs Sterling Stories: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories
Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
The two brothers (Anpu and Bata) / Anonymous -- Setna and the magic book / Anonymous -- Eumæus' : talk / Homer -- The country mouse and the town mouse / Æsop -- King Rhampsinitus and the thief / Herodotus -- Phineus and…
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Sterling Stories
Salvation / Langston Hughes -- Ah Bah's money / Catherine Lim -- Cranes / Hwang Sunwon -- Bone girl / Joseph Bruchac -- The hockey sweater / Roch Carrier -- Strong temptations -- strategic movements -- the innocents…
The verdict
- Sterling Stories is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 19 for Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries.
How to choose
Want a one-evening read?
Sterling Stories
≈ 4h vs 19h for Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
New to the genre?
Sterling Stories
Light vs Challenging for Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries
Reception
| Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries | Sterling Stories | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | — | 4 |
| Editions | 43 | 3 |
| Pages | 1076 | 220 |