23 Short Story Collections in 2023 - hosted by aishathebibliophile

A translated collection
Can be translated from any language - for non English readers, can be works originally written in English 
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Well of Trapped Words: Selected Stories by Sema Kaygusuz

Well of Trapped Words: Selected Stories

Sema Kaygusuz

151 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

fiction short stories mysterious reflective slow-paced
The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction by Atef Abu Saif

The Book of Gaza: A City in Short Fiction

Reading the City

Atef Abu Saif

128 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction literary short stories reflective slow-paced
Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories by Junji Ito

Shiver: Junji Ito Selected Stories

Junji Ito

400 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction horror manga short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
Writers adrift by Francesca Cricelli, Giti Chandra, Joachim B. Schmidt, Helen Cova, Mazen Maarouf, Jakub Stachowiak, Natasha S, Ewa Marcinek, Margrét Ann Thors, Angela Rawlings

Writers adrift

Francesca Cricelli, Giti Chandra, Joachim B. Schmidt, Helen Cova, Mazen Maarouf, Jakub Stachowiak, Natasha S, Ewa Marcinek, Margrét Ann Thors, Angela Rawlings

175 pages • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction biography essays memoir
Life Ceremony: Stories by Sayaka Murata

Life Ceremony: Stories

Sayaka Murata

256 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction literary short stories challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

Terminal Boredom

Izumi Suzuki

224 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction dystopian science fiction short stories speculative fiction dark reflective medium-paced
Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan by Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Zaure Batayeva

Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan

Shelley Fairweather-Vega, Zaure Batayeva

296 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction short stories dark reflective slow-paced
Una giuria di sole donne by Susan Glaspell

Una giuria di sole donne

Susan Glaspell

96 pages • first pub 1917 (editions)

fiction classics mystery short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Human Sacrifices by María Fernanda Ampuero

Human Sacrifices

María Fernanda Ampuero

130 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark tense fast-paced
The Stories of Eva Luna by Isabel Allende

The Stories of Eva Luna

Isabel Allende

352 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

fiction magical realism short stories adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced