Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme where every Tuesday we look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) bookish examples to demonstrate that particular topic.  Top Ten Tuesday (created and hosted by  The Broke and Bookish) is now being hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl and future week’s topics can be found here.  This week’s topic is:

Favourite Novellas/Short Stories

I don’t read a lot of short stories, however, when I came to check my books I had more than I thought – here are the ten I chose which are either novellas or collections of short stories:

1. A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens – I love this story and have read it many times.
2. Monstrous Little Voices – this is a wonderful collection of stories based on the works of Shakespeare.  You definitely don’t have to be an expert in the field, in my opinion, as I certainly am not – but the stories are all written by different authors and all the stories connect.  Such a good book.
3. I am Legend by Richard Matheson – I don’t even need to say anything about this book surely?
4. We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson – this is a fantastic story.  Brilliant.
5. In Calabria by Peter S Beagle – ‘a unicorn fable for the modern age’
6. Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan McGuire – I adore this book – I don’t know why I haven’t read the rest yet – I’m obviously a maniac and afraid to be happy.
7. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer – creepy as hell.
8. In the Company of Thieves by Kage Baker – A wonderful collection of stories from Baker’s Company series.  Not to be missed.
9. Road Brothers by Mark Lawrence – if you loved the Broken Empire then don’t be shy.  You need this book in your life.
10. Poison/Charm/Beauty by Sarah Pinsborough – three books – each one connected, that include a bunch of fairy tales for grown ups.  Wonderful reading.