Short Stories for Teens & Young Adults

Short stories are fun to read and can really pack a punch in just a few pages.

Most short story collections are based around a theme or genre. They are a great way to find new authors whose style you enjoy, as often book authors will also write short stories.

145th Street: Short Stories by Walter Dean Myers

Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence Edited by Marion Dane Bauer

An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio by Judith Ortiz Cofer

Athletic Shorts: Six Short Stories by Chris Crutcher

The Best American Nonrequired Reading Edited by Dave Eggers

Black Juice by Margo Lanagan

Blackbird House by Alice Hoffman

Blue Skin of the Sea by Graham Salisbury

Breakfast at Tiffany’s by Truman Capote

The Color of Absence: Stories About Loss and Death Edited by James Howe

Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury

Dear Bill, Remember Me? and Other Stories by Norma Fox Mazer

Friends by Ann M. Martin & David Levithan

Help Wanted by Anita Silvey

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

Life Is Funny by E. R. Frank

Lord of the Fries and Other Stories by Tim Wynne-Jones

Love and Sex Edited by Michael Cart

The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley Jackson

Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger

A River Runs Through It and Other Stories by Norman Maclean

Rush Hour: a Journal of Contemporary Voices Edited by Michael Cart

Sixteen Edited by Donald R. Gallo

Small Avalanches and Other Stories by Joyce Carol Oates

Somehow Tenderness Survives: Stories of Southern Africa Edited by Hazel Rochman

The Things They Carried by Tim O’brien

What’s in a Name? by Ellen Wittlinger

Who Am I Without Him? by Sharon G. Flake

Who Do You Think You Are? Edited by Hazel Rochman & Darlene Z. Mccampbell

Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson