Quick Reads-YA Short Stories

Short Stories found in the Young Adult Book Collection. Not a definitive or exhaustive list. YA novels are made up of books for a wide age range (12-18 years old) and includes a variety of different topics and interests. Not all titles will be appropriate for all readers* Last Updated 12/12/2023

Showing 1 - 20 of 22  There are a total of 115 valid entries on the list.
Book cover for "Alex Rider, secret weapon"
Star rating for Alex Rider, secret weapon
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"A short story collection that expands the universe of teen spy Alex Rider from author Anthony Horowitz"--
Book cover for "Battle of the bands"
Star rating for Battle of the bands
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Collects sixteen interconnected short stories about a high school's battle of the bands competition, from such authors as Shaun David Hutchinson, Brittany Cavallaro, and Preeti Chhibber.
Book cover for "Being ace"
Star rating for Being ace
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Discover the infinite realms of asexual love across sci-fi, fantasy, and contemporary stories. From a wheelchair user racing to save her kidnapped girlfriend and a little mermaid who loves her sisters more than suitors, to a slayer whose virgin blood keeps attracting monsters, the stories of this anthology are anything but conventional. Whether adventuring through space, outsmarting a vengeful water spirit, or surviving haunted cemeteries, no two...
Book cover for "Bits & pieces"
Star rating for Bits & pieces
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Twenty-two short stories, eleven of which were previously published, based on the Rot & Ruin series in which fifteen-year-old Benny Imura and his friends fight a zombie plague in a post-apocalyptic America. Includes a related comic book script.
Book cover for "The cabinet of curiosities"
Star rating for The cabinet of curiosities
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Thirty-six eerie short tales, most of which were originally published on the blog of the same name, relate to an imaginary museum of creepy artifacts and are arranged into such thematic "drawers" as love, luck, song, and fairy tales.
Book cover for "Cool. Awkward. Black"
Star rating for Cool. Awkward. Black
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Featuring exclusively Black characters, this multi-genre story collection--drawing from contemporary, historical, fantasy, sci-fi, magical and realistic--celebrates and redefines the many facets of Blackness and geekiness, both in the real world and those imagined.
Book cover for "Demon slayer"
Star rating for Demon slayer
Author:
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Shinobu and Kanae ask Himejima to teach them how to slay demons. After he refuses, they must complete the impossible task of moving a giant rock to convince him to introduce them to trainers. Revisit the Demon Slayer Corps with six tales of love, friendship, and courage!"--
Book cover for "First meetings in Ender's universe"
Star rating for First meetings in Ender's universe
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Collection of three novellas plus the original "Enders Game," the journey into the origins and the destiny of one Ender Wiggin. "The Polish Boy" begins in the wake between the first two Bugger Wars when the Hegemony is desperate to recruit brilliant military commanders to repel the alien invasion. In John Paul Wiggin, the future father of Ender, they believe they may have found their man, or boy. In "Teacher's Pest," a brilliant but insufferably arrogant...
Book cover for "The fork, the witch, and the worm"
Star rating for The fork, the witch, and the worm
Series:
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Three new stories of Eragon set a year after he left Alagaẽsia to find a home to train the newest generation of Dragon riders.
Book cover for "High spirits"
Star rating for High spirits
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"High Spirits is a collection of eleven interconnected short stories from the Dominican diaspora, from debut author Camille Gomera-Tavarez. It is a book centered on one extended family - the BelÌŒns - across multiple generations. It is set in the fictional small town of Hidalpa - and Santo Domingo and Paterson and San Juan and Washington Heights too. It is told in a style both utterly real and distinctly magical - and its stories explore machismo,...
Book cover for "His hideous heart"
Star rating for His hideous heart
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A collection of 13 retellings of a selection of short fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.
Book cover for "Hungry hearts"
Star rating for Hungry hearts
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
A collection of interconnected stories by such leading contributors as Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore and Rin Chupeco explores the intersection of family, culture and food as reflected in the lives of 13 diverse teens. 30,000 first printing.
Book cover for "The lost stories"
Star rating for The lost stories
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
In 1896, an archaeological dig unearths an ancient trunk containing manuscripts that confirm the existence of Araluen Rangers Will and Halt and tell of their first meeting and some of their previously unknown exploits. Collects the lost stories of the Rangers who risked their lives to defend the kingdom, including the tales of the young warrior Horace, the courageous princess Evanlyn, the diplomat Alyss, and Will and his mentor, Halt.
Book cover for "Scary out there"
Star rating for Scary out there
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"Multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author Jonathan Maberry compiles more than twenty stories and poems--written by members of the Horror Writers Association--in this terrifying collection about worst fears"--
Book cover for "Slasher girls & monster boys"
Star rating for Slasher girls & monster boys
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
An anthology of stories inspired by classic horror tales features contributions by leading suspense and young adult authors, including Stefan Bachmann, Leigh Bardugo and Kendare Blake. "Inspired by classic tales and films, a collection of fourteen short stories ranging from bloody horror, to psychological thrillers, to supernatural creatures, to unsettling, all-too-possible realism, by acclaimed YA authors of every genre"--
Book cover for "Tales from Earthsea"
Star rating for Tales from Earthsea
Series:
Earthsea series volume 5.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Explores further the magical world of Earthsea through five tales of events which occur before or after the time of the original novels, as well as an essay on the people, languages, history and magic of the place.
Book cover for "Tales from the Hinterland"
Star rating for Tales from the Hinterland
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
In this companion book to "The Hazel Wood" and "The Night Country," the author presents a collection of dark fairy tales by Alice's reclusive grandmother Althea Proserpine.
Book cover for "Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy"
Star rating for Tales from the Shadowhunter Academy
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Collects short stories chronicling Simon's journey from amnesia to Ascension, as he works to regain his lost life while attending the Shadowhunter Academy.
Book cover for "Tales of the peculiar"
Star rating for Tales of the peculiar
Series:
Miss Peregrine volume Related works.
Average Rating:
4.8 stars
Description:
Presents an illustrated edition of the fantastical book featured in the Miss Peregrine series that includes unusual fairy tales about wealthy cannibals, a fork-tongued princess, and the origins of the first ymbryne.
Book cover for "Trace evidence"
Star rating for Trace evidence
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"A collection of four short stories based on the Virals series that gives further glimpses of the Virals' world as they work with Tory's famous great aunt, Temperance Brennan, to solve more mysteries, take look at where it all started before they became Virals, and get to the bottom of an attempted sabotage at Kit and Whitney's wedding."--