The World's Best Short Stories: 127 Funny Short Stories About Unbelievable Stuff That Actually Happened

by Bill O'Neill

Do you want to be entertained by strange, unique and interesting true stories?

Or maybe just have a laugh?

The World's Best Short Stories is a compendium of crazy and oddly funny stories from different periods across human history. You’ll learn about pompous politicians, admirable animals, and some very strange oddballs!

The book provides the reader with an easily accessible entrance into some of the most important aspects of human history. The stories are packed with humor and jokes to offer up even the grumpiest of readers a wry smile.

The stories carefully selected for the book are typically areas that the average reader won’t have heard of before. Though many of them are set in familiar periods of history which helps the readers build from their own base of knowledge.

In this book you will

127 exciting stories from different periods and locations across history.Boiled-down information from the words of a historian to help plug holes in your knowledge.Strange accounts, showing an underside of humanity that isn’t discussed in more traditional academic circles.A little extra touch of wit and humor, to keep you entertained along the way.

This book is supposed to help people access new information in a way that isn’t overwhelming or complicated but is instead funny and simple.

The book has some mature themes, though it remains suitable for young teenagers and older, as long as whoever reads the book is just immature enough to be able to laugh at the sillier side of life and history.

If you’re looking for the perfect gift item or just a casual read or light-hearted page-turner, then The World's Best Short Stories is the book for you.

248 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 22, 2023

Reviews

[Kayla · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not finish. Couldn’t make myself get interested in it.

[MaryLucille · Rating 4 out of 5]

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 3-1/2 stars
But 5 stars for enticing you to go down into rabbit holes. So much more I want to investigate!
As the author concluded: “History is a wonderful subject to indulge oneself in-it shouldn’t just be reserved for the classroom or the coffee-stained offices of an old university building. Whichever stories you enjoyed the most will likely have some interesting context behind them. Why did a comedian create a fake society for clothing animals? Why do so many popes have eccentric stories attached to them? Go and read, Google, watch, or listen to as much history as you can; it will surely only enrich your life.”

[Sandra Strange · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just what it says: this book is a collection of 1-1 1/2 page stories of very weird or funny happenings or incidents from all over the world and through history. I got it for my 10 year old grandson, but there's too much crudity, bathroom, sexual stuff (though tastefully done, not explicit) for a child, but will be interesting for most adults, as long as he/she isn't very sensitive.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

So Many Unknown Stories

Once again Bill O'Neill has come up with 127 stories that I never heard of before and ones I'll never forget thinking about.

[CHud · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to enjoy this book, however, I found it boring. Some of the tales were entertaining, but at the end of the day I could not recall any of the tales. They just did not impress me,

[Cj Zawacki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love short stories. Here are some easy, thought provoking stories.

[Kendall White · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did not know almost all of these facts, so it's wonderful for building knowledge. With that said, some of these stories are just plain dumb. Also, they are way too repetitive. I give it 3 stars because the bad stories suck, but the good ones are amazing.