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The Yellow Wall-Paper The Yellow Wall-Paper (Paperback)
by (shelved 168 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.06 — 393,523 ratings — published 1892
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The Lottery The Lottery (Paperback)
by (shelved 112 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.02 — 123,605 ratings — published 1948
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Stories of Your Life and Others Stories of Your Life and Others (ebook)
by (shelved 111 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.25 — 134,243 ratings — published 2002
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Exhalation Exhalation (ebook)
by (shelved 86 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.26 — 121,408 ratings — published 2019
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The Metamorphosis The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,584,527 ratings — published 1915
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The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (Library Binding)
by (shelved 83 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.36 — 59,514 ratings — published 1973
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The Egg The Egg (ebook)
by (shelved 82 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.20 — 43,115 ratings — published 2009
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Her Body and Other Parties Her Body and Other Parties (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.79 — 111,103 ratings — published 2017
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Love What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.99 — 82,565 ratings — published 1981
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The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 74 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.35 — 41,121 ratings — published 2016
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The Tell-Tale Heart The Tell-Tale Heart (Library Binding)
by (shelved 72 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.23 — 133,905 ratings — published 1843
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Tenth of December Tenth of December (Hardcover)
by (shelved 68 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.98 — 85,226 ratings — published 2013
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Interpreter of Maladies Interpreter of Maladies (Hardcover)
by (shelved 62 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.18 — 212,545 ratings — published 1999
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White Nights White Nights (Paperback)
by (shelved 58 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.05 — 473,854 ratings — published 1848
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The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 56 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.89 — 68,330 ratings — published 1979
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.94 — 72,366 ratings — published 2006
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The Last Question The Last Question (Audio CD)
by (shelved 54 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.52 — 32,140 ratings — published 1956
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Galatea Galatea (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 53 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.93 — 136,707 ratings — published 2013
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All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1) All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries, #1)
by (shelved 52 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.10 — 417,674 ratings — published 2017
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The Grownup The Grownup (Hardcover)
by (shelved 52 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.54 — 161,947 ratings — published 2014
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The Death of Ivan Ilych The Death of Ivan Ilych (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.14 — 270,554 ratings — published 1886
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The Cask of Amontillado The Cask of Amontillado (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.07 — 91,534 ratings — published 1846
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The Fall of the House of Usher The Fall of the House of Usher (Paperback)
by (shelved 50 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.84 — 95,644 ratings — published 1839
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The Lottery and Other Stories The Lottery and Other Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.01 — 84,877 ratings — published 1949
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Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (Hardcover)
by (shelved 47 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.91 — 63,611 ratings — published 2015
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Nine Stories Nine Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 45 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.18 — 150,927 ratings — published 1948
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The Old Man and the Sea The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,388,873 ratings — published 1952
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No One Belongs Here More Than You No One Belongs Here More Than You (Hardcover)
by (shelved 45 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.79 — 46,647 ratings — published 2007
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We Should All Be Feminists We Should All Be Feminists (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 44 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.39 — 344,052 ratings — published 2012
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The Little Prince The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.34 — 2,634,713 ratings — published 1943
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Dubliners Dubliners (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.83 — 187,776 ratings — published 1914
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Animal Farm Animal Farm (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.03 — 4,860,167 ratings — published 1945
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The Illustrated Man The Illustrated Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.13 — 111,603 ratings — published 1951
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Harrison Bergeron Harrison Bergeron (ebook)
by (shelved 42 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.12 — 24,005 ratings — published 1961
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The Most Dangerous Game The Most Dangerous Game (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.95 — 64,267 ratings — published 1924
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The Masque of the Red Death The Masque of the Red Death (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.05 — 49,923 ratings — published 1842
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The Stranger The Stranger (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,553,907 ratings — published 1942
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Small Things Like These Small Things Like These (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.06 — 533,228 ratings — published 2021
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Men Without Women Men Without Women (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.73 — 134,206 ratings — published 2014
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Emergency Skin Emergency Skin (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 40 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.00 — 36,183 ratings — published 2019
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A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories A Manual for Cleaning Women: Selected Stories (Hardcover)
by (shelved 40 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.18 — 38,590 ratings — published 2015
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Of Mice and Men Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,975,943 ratings — published 1937
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Glitches (The Lunar Chronicles, #0.5) Glitches (The Lunar Chronicles, #0.5)
by (shelved 38 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.95 — 26,058 ratings — published 2011
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Ficciones Ficciones (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.39 — 84,758 ratings — published 1944
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Me Talk Pretty One Day Me Talk Pretty One Day (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.01 — 732,462 ratings — published 2000
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Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5) Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory (The Murderbot Diaries, #4.5)
by (shelved 36 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.10 — 34,232 ratings — published 2020
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The Complete Stories The Complete Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.38 — 41,672 ratings — published 1971
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The House on Mango Street The House on Mango Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as shorts)
avg rating 3.67 — 254,748 ratings — published 1984
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The Gift of the Magi The Gift of the Magi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 36 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.11 — 103,250 ratings — published 1905
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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fiction and Illusions (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as shorts)
avg rating 4.00 — 73,977 ratings — published 1998
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Steven Magee
“2020 was the year I started wearing only shorts inside the home and light bathing under full spectrum lights.”
― Steven Magee

Danielle Esplin
“Oh, I just wasted two hundred dollars on a gym membership, which I didn’t use…even once. My shorts are getting shorter. Lately I’ve been looking like a slut—unintentionally of course.”
― Danielle Esplin, Give It Back

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