20 must-read fiction books like If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency) by Yiyun Li

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If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency)

By: Yiyun Li

3.42

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

He tends to his garden and bees. He keeps quiet. He avoids drama. Until one transgression causes an…

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Cover of The Tomorrow Box by Curtis Sittenfeld

1. The Tomorrow Box

By: Curtis Sittenfeld

3.48

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

An unnervingly funny and sharply observant story about the privilege, class division, and purposefu… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Cleaners (Faraway Collection) by Ken Liu

2. The Cleaners (Faraway Collection)

By: Ken Liu

3.48

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Touch the past or wash it away? Two sisters have a choice in this unforgettable short story of ever… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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3. Halfway to Free

By: Emma Donoghue

3.72

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) Raising a family is the ultimate luxury as… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Graceful Burdens by Roxane Gay

4. Graceful Burdens

By: Roxane Gay

4.05

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Samira Wiley (The Handmaid’s Tale) From New York Times bestselling author Rox… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of This Telling by Cheryl Strayed

5. This Telling

By: Cheryl Strayed

3.95

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars) A genealogy test sparks a woman’s reflection on … read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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6. Sweet Virginia

By: Caroline Kepnes

3.02

Format: 45 pages, Kindle Edition

What’s a woman to do when she fails to live up to feminine ideals? It depends on what she’s willing… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Hazel and Gray (Faraway Collection) by Nic Stone

7. Hazel and Gray (Faraway Collection)

By: Nic Stone

3.47

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

Two anxious young lovers lost in the woods. A beckoning mansion in a dark clearing. A short modern-… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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8. Bear Witness

By: Mary Gaitskill

3.20

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Margo Martindale (Mrs. America) In the wake of a brutal crime, three people c… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
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9. The Contractors

By: Lisa Ko

3.55

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Audible narration by Lea Salonga (Aladdin) A split-screen view of the tech industry’s underbelly—a… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening collection) by Kevin Allison

10. Two Henrys (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Kevin Allison

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Coming out can be awkward enough—let alone coming out in the 1970s, in Ohio, as a Catholic schoolbo… read more

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
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11. Black Sheep (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Rory Scholl

3.56

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

An irresponsible twentysomething comic and his equally shameless grandmother join forces as proud p… read more

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
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12. The Third Man (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Mani Sheriar

3.93

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

What would happen if your baby’s birth father represented everything you despised and feared? In th… read more

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Identity Thief (This Can't Be Happening collection) by Rachel  Rosenthal

13. Identity Thief (This Can't Be Happening collection)

By: Rachel Rosenthal

3.91

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

Who would want to steal the identity of a minimum-wage employee at a children’s museum? In this har… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • audiobook
Cover of The Prince and the Troll (Faraway Collection) by Rainbow Rowell

14. The Prince and the Troll (Faraway Collection)

By: Rainbow Rowell

3.26

Format: 26 pages, Kindle Edition

A charming everyman and a mysterious something-under-the-bridge cross paths in a short fairy tale b… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of The Wickeds (Faraway Collection) by Gayle Forman

15. The Wickeds (Faraway Collection)

By: Gayle Forman

3.67

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

The reviled villainesses of Snow White, Cinderella, and Rapunzel team up to set the record straight… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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16. Rewards

By: Emma Cline

2.84

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Two women reflect on the value of their lives in a wry short story of male privilege and undeserved… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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17. The Woman in the Strongbox

By: Maureen O'Hagan

3.65

Format: 55 pages, Kindle Edition

In this tantalizing true mystery of a stolen life, an acclaimed reporter and an identity theft inve… read more

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  • short stories
  • audiobook
Cover of Before Her (The One #1) by Jacqueline Woodson

18. Before Her (The One #1)

By: Jacqueline Woodson

3.60

Format: 19 pages, Kindle Edition

In this transportive memoir, the National Book Award–winning author of Brown Girl Dreaming traces t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • contemporary
Cover of Giraffe & Flamingo by Curtis Sittenfeld

19. Giraffe & Flamingo

By: Curtis Sittenfeld

3.65

Format: 18 pages, Kindle Edition

In this incisive short story about memory and the limits of self-perception, the New York Times bes… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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20. Simplexity

By: Kiley Reid

3.56

Format: 34 pages, Kindle Edition

A twenty-eight-year-old entry-level worker at a design firm navigates the microaggressive corporate… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of The Summer House (Currency) by Cristina Henríquez

21. The Summer House (Currency)

By: Cristina Henríquez

3.40

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Accustomed to being used, a jack-of-all-odd-jobs is torn between desire and duty in a short story a… read more

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  • contemporary
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of I Would Be Doing This Anyway by Jia Tolentino

22. I Would Be Doing This Anyway

By: Jia Tolentino

3.65

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

A razor-sharp short story about anonymity, mutual deception, and the perils of overexposure—debut f… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Yes, And (The One, #4) by Kristi Coulter

23. Yes, And (The One, #4)

By: Kristi Coulter

3.36

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

Can I be honest with you? A wife and husband face a defining moment in their relationship in this e… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • contemporary
Cover of If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency) by Yiyun Li

24. If You Are Lonely and You Know It (Currency)

By: Yiyun Li

3.42

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

He tends to his garden and bees. He keeps quiet. He avoids drama. Until one transgression causes an… read more

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  • the united states of america
  • chinese literature
  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
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25. Crewelwork (Currency)

By: Justin Torres

3.41

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

Poised between his lush introversion and the brutal realm of his every day, a young artist consider… read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Me and Carlos by Tom Perrotta

26. Me and Carlos

By: Tom Perrotta

3.72

Format: 24 pages, Kindle Edition

A darkly comic reflection on American class divides and coming-of-age regrets by Tom Perrotta, the … read more

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  • short stories
  • amazon
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • audiobook
Cover of Shine, Pamela! Shine! by Kate Atkinson

27. Shine, Pamela! Shine!

By: Kate Atkinson

3.11

Format: 22 pages, Kindle Edition

Thoroughly divorced but ever the optimist, Pamela faces the realities of aging and the leaps of fai… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of A Wedding Thing (The One, #3) by Shea Serrano

28. A Wedding Thing (The One, #3)

By: Shea Serrano

4.01

Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition

A hilarious story about a change in plans—the most harrowing, beautiful, and unforgettable day in t… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • contemporary
"It was a full-time job that paid like a part-time job."

-Shea Serrano, A Wedding Thing (The One, #3)

Cover of Parable (The One, #2) by Jess Walter

29. Parable (The One, #2)

By: Jess Walter

4.29

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

That’s not cool! #1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter finds his beloved Millie sleeping… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • contemporary
Cover of The Visitor (The One, #5) by Dodai Stewart

30. The Visitor (The One, #5)

By: Dodai Stewart

3.40

Format: 32 pages, Kindle Edition

Maybe it’s true: love is just around the corner. But in this bittersweet true story, what’s a hopef… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • contemporary
"Movies, TV shows, and romance novels are always subtly (and not so subtly) preaching that, for fairy-tale princesses, happily every after means leaving Home. That none of the details matter if you're…"

-Dodai Stewart, The Visitor (The One, #5)

Cover of Lila (The One, #7) by Naima Coster

31. Lila (The One, #7)

By: Naima Coster

3.46

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

An intimate true story about the complexities of female friendship, the mysteries of faith and desi… read more

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  • audiobook
  • short stories
  • contemporary
"....it's important, my therapist thinks, for me to be my full self without worrying that love will go away if I am not small and pleasant, accommodating."

-Naima Coster, Lila (The One, #7)

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