"Mrs. Librarian Lady, I totally would read, but I'm just
waaaaay too busy all the time. I got too much stuff."
We know. We get it. And we have a solution: short story collections.
No more forgetting what happened in the last few chapters -- each section is a brand-new story! Perfect for students who would like to read, but who are just to busy to get through a whole book (at least one they won't be tested on).
- Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?: Stories About Loving -- and Loathing -- Your Body, edited by Marissa Walsh
- Mob: Stories of Death and Betrayal from Organized Crime, edited by Clint Willis
- Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, edited by Holly Black
- One Hot Second: Stories About Desire, edited by Cathy Young
- Prom Nights from Hell: Paranormal Prom Stories by Five Extraordinary Authors (stories by Meg Cabot, Kim Harrison, Michele Jaffe, Stephanie Meyer, and Lauren Myracle)
- This is My Funniest: Leading Science Fiction Writers Present Their Funniest Stories Ever, edited by Mike Resnick
- Superheroes: All Original Adventures of All-New Heroes, edited by John Varley and Ricia Mainhardt
- What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music, edited by Jennifer Armstrong
- The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2010, edited by Paula Guran
- Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories About Girls and the Boys in their Lives, by Sharon G. Flake (relationship stories)
- Love Is the Higher Law, by David Levithan (stories about 9/11) **2012 Abraham Lincoln Book Award Nominee!**
- Look at the Birdie, by Kurt Vonnegut (previously unpublished stories)
- M is for Magic, by Neil Gaiman (stories about the strange and fantastical)
- Duel: Terror Stories, by Richard Matheson (...right there in the title, really)
- Blueprints for Building Better Girls, by Elissa Schappell (stories about girls growing into womanwood)
- Me Talk Pretty One Day, by David Sedaris (humorous essays)