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Could you recommend some modern short story collections, please?

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WaterBird · 20/11/2018 06:33

I suppose that by "modern", I mean something within the last few decades. I like pretty much everything except horror and fantasy. So far, the best collections I have read have been by Jojo Moyes, Patrick Gale, and Fay Weldon.
Thanks!

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BedHair · 20/11/2018 06:42

Anything by the Canadian writer Alice Munro, who is a genius. Edna O’Brien’s Saints and Sinners.

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Cherrypi · 20/11/2018 06:49

I’m enjoying Roar by Cecelia Ahern at the moment. Has magical realism elements.

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WaterBird · 20/11/2018 06:50

Thanks so much. I've read some of Alice Munro's stuff and will have to check out Edna oBrien.

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WaterBird · 20/11/2018 06:51

I didn't know that Cecilia Ahern does short stories too. Will have to look into these.

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SergeantPfeffer · 20/11/2018 06:54

The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck.

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TwoGinScentedTears · 20/11/2018 06:56

I have the Curtis sittingfeld collection of short stories in my Amazon basket. I haven't read them (obvs!) but they look great!

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IWouldBeSuperb · 20/11/2018 06:56

I really enjoyed Margaret Atwood's 'Stone Mattress'.

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Cherrypi · 20/11/2018 09:36

I'm very tempted by the Curtis Sittenfeld ones too. Heard great things and loved her novels.

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AutumnCrow · 20/11/2018 09:41

Maybe Binchy's Victoria Line, Circle Line is excellent - it has a wonderful retro feel now!

For sci fi lyrical fantasy I always loved Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man.

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TooDamnSarky · 20/11/2018 09:44

The New Yorker short story podcasts are free and a great way of finding new authors.

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XingMing · 20/11/2018 15:35

I'm enjoying the Tom Hanks collection, Uncommon Type; at least the three I've read so far.

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TonTonMacoute · 20/11/2018 19:24

Helen Simpson, who has several collections. Four Bare Legs on a Bed is the earliest I think.

An American called Lorrie Moore is also excellent.

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MrsL2016 · 20/11/2018 19:36

Not all modern but a great variety:

That Glimpse of Truth: The 100 Finest Short Stories Ever Written

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WaterBird · 21/11/2018 00:12

I just want to thank everyone for all your suggesttions.
Have now been reading Helen Simpson's collection titled "Get A Life" and like it a lot.

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