7 must-read short stories books like In Fifty Words! ( Micro Fictions ) by Bob Thurber

Cover of In Fifty Words! ( Micro Fictions ) by Bob Thurber

In Fifty Words! ( Micro Fictions )

By: Bob Thurber

4.08

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

An eclectic collection of micro fictions, each exactly 50 words, from the masterful Bob Thurber.

If you liked the short stories plot in In Fifty Words! ( Micro Fictions ) by Bob Thurber , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World by Candace Savage

1. Crows: Encounters with the Wise Guys of the Avian World

By: Candace Savage

3.87

Format: 120 pages, Paperback

Who knew that crows are second only to humans as toolmakers and tool users, that they have complex … read more

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2. 50 Greatest Short Stories

By: Terry O'Brien

3.88

Format: 600 pages, Kindle Edition

50 Greatest Short Stories is a selection from the best of the world’s short fiction, bringing toget… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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3. We the Animals

By: Justin Torres

3.72

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

In this award-winning, groundbreaking debut, Justin Torres plunges us into the chaotic heart of one… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"We hit and we kept on hitting; we were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful — little animals, clawing at what we needed."

-Justin Torres, We the Animals

"This is your heritage,' he said, as if from this dance we could know about his own childhood, about the flavor and grit of tenement buildings in Spanish Harlem, and projects in Red Hook, and dance ha…"

-Justin Torres, We the Animals

"Always more, always hungrily scratching for more. But there were times, quiet moments, when our mother was sleeping, when she hadn’t slept in two days, and any noise, any stair creak, any shut door, …"

-Justin Torres, We the Animals

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4. Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Fifty Really Short Stories

By: Jerome Stern

3.72

Format: 141 pages, Paperback

Ten years ago, Jerome Stern, director of the writing program at Florida State, initiated the World'… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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5. Sucker's Portfolio

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.85

Format: 143 pages, Kindle Edition

Available to readers for the first time, Sucker’s Portfolio showcases a collection of seven never b… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

6. The Book of English Magic

By: Philip Carr-Gomm , Richard Heygate

3.77

Format: 300 pages, Hardcover

The Book of English Magic explores the curious and little-known fact that of all the countries in t… read more

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7. Flash Fiction Magazine - Books 1-3

By: Mark Anderson , Anushree Nande , Grace Black , None , Dina Paulson , Emily Clayton , None , None , None

3.88

Format: None pages,

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8. The Wasteland, Prufrock and Other Poems

By: T.S. Eliot

3.49

Format: 320 pages, paper

This volume brings together three of T. S. Eliot's powerful collections into one. It includes such … read more

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9. Writing Flash Fiction: How to Write Very Short Stories and Get Them Published

By: Carly Berg

4.25

Format: None pages, Paperback

Writing flash fiction is a fun, easy way to break into print and quickly establish yourself as a pr… read more

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10. Taft

By: Ann Patchett

3.53

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

John Nickel is a black ex-jazz musician who only wants to be a good father. But when his son is tak… read more

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11. Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death

By: Yoel Hoffmann , None

4.48

Format: None pages, Paperback

"A wonderful introduction the Japanese tradition of jisei, this volume is crammed with exquisite, s… read more

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12. The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field

By: Tara Lynn Masih

3.72

Format: 294 pages, Paperback

Literary Nonfiction. Literary Criticism and History. Reference. With its unprecedented gathering of… read more

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13. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

By: Jon Scieszka , Lane Smith

4.20

Format: 52 pages, Hardcover

A revisionist storyteller provides his mad, hilarious versions of children's favorite tales in this… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"And everyone lived happily, thought maybe not completely honestly, ever after. The End."

-Jon Scieszka, The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales

14. 10:04

By: Ben Lerner

3.97

Format: 328 pages, Hardcover

In the last year, the narrator of 10:04has enjoyed unlikely literary success, has been diagnosed wi… read more

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15. The Hurting Kind: Poems

By: Ada Limon

4.34

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

An astonishing collection about interconnectedness—between the human and nonhuman, ancestors and ou… read more

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"There is a solitude in this world I cannot pierce. I would die for it."

-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems

"Before, the only thing I was interested in was love, how it grips you, how it terrifies you, how it annihilates and resuscitates you. I didn’t know then that it wasn’t even love that I was interested…"

-Ada Limon, The Hurting Kind: Poems

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16. Making Comics

By: Lynda Barry

4.47

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

The bestselling, idiosyncratic curriculum from a 2019 MacArthur Fellow will teach you how to draw a… read more

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"How old do you have to be to make a bad drawing?"

-Lynda Barry, Making Comics

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17. Telephone

By: Percival Everett

3.98

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Zach Wells is a perpetually dissatisfied geologist-slash-paleobiologist. Expert in a very narrow ar… read more

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  • fiction
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18. The Adjacent Possible: Evolve Your Art. From Blank Canvas To Prolific Artist. (The Art Of The Possible Series Book 2)

By: Nancy Hillis

3.99

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

Being an artist is about continually evolving your art. It's about cultivating your fullest self-ex… read more

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19. New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction

By: James Thomas

3.85

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

An addictive new collection of very short stories curated by Flash Fiction editor James Thomas and … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of One Hundred Very Short Stories: Up to 3 Minutes Read Each (Short Story Anthology series) by Eric Alagan

20. One Hundred Very Short Stories: Up to 3 Minutes Read Each (Short Story Anthology series)

By: Eric Alagan

3.27

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

Each flash fiction takes no more than 3 minutes to read; many take less than a minute. There is som… read more

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Cover of In Fifty Words! ( Micro Fictions ) by Bob Thurber

21. In Fifty Words! ( Micro Fictions )

By: Bob Thurber

4.08

Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition

An eclectic collection of micro fictions, each exactly 50 words, from the masterful Bob Thurber. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

8 Best fiction books like In Fifty Words! ( Micro Fictions ) by Bob Thurber

Transform Your Habits

50 Greatest Short Stories

Terry O'Brien

3.88

Transform Your Habits

We the Animals

Justin Torres

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Micro Fiction: An Anthology of Fifty Really Short Stories

Jerome Stern

3.72

Transform Your Habits

Sucker's Portfolio

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.85

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Transform Your Habits

Introduction to Loose Watercolor; Secrets of Fast Painting Revealed

Roy Simmons

3.80

Transform Your Habits

The Empath's Survival Guide: Life Strategies for Sensitive People

Judith Orloff

3.70

Transform Your Habits

What It Is

Lynda Barry

4.15

The Book of English Magic

Philip Carr-Gomm , Richard Heygate

3.77

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