"No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.” ~Confucius
I love reading and I have a dream of owning a library with lots of books :-). There was once a time when I could read any book, be it a magazine, or a novel, or a comics, or a poetry. And I would read them at a stretch, till the book was over. But, of late, I have seen my patience slowly exhausting with respect to reading novels. I am just not able to continue reading them after a few pages. This made me quite sad that I may soon give up reading, which I definitely did not want to. So for a change I started reading short story books over the last 5-6 months and I found them more convenient to finish, taking as many breaks, without fear of losing track of the stories :-)
Some of the very interesting short story books that I read are:
I love reading and I have a dream of owning a library with lots of books :-). There was once a time when I could read any book, be it a magazine, or a novel, or a comics, or a poetry. And I would read them at a stretch, till the book was over. But, of late, I have seen my patience slowly exhausting with respect to reading novels. I am just not able to continue reading them after a few pages. This made me quite sad that I may soon give up reading, which I definitely did not want to. So for a change I started reading short story books over the last 5-6 months and I found them more convenient to finish, taking as many breaks, without fear of losing track of the stories :-)
Some of the very interesting short story books that I read are:
#1 The Four Million by O. Henry - This is a collection of 25 short stories and I loved it for the unexpected twist at the end of each story.
#2 Short Stories by H. H. Munro (Saki) - Another good collection of witty short stories.
#3 The Old Man and His God & Wise and Otherwise by Sudha Murthy - These 2 books were quite inspirational as they were based on real life experiences of Mrs. Murthy over the course of her career as a lecturer, teacher and social worker. One would wonder, so many stories on real life experiences? Well, the author says "People often ask me how it is that so many interesting things happen only to me. To them I reply that in lifes journey we all meet strange people and undergo many experiences that touch us and sometimes even change us. If you have a sensitive mind and record your observations regularly, you will see your life too is a vast storehouse of stories." Isn't this true? These stories were quite thought provoking and does leave an impact on the reader.
#4 Short stories by R. K. Narayan - Especially enjoyed his stories on Malgudi days and the character Swami :-)
#5 Short stories by Rabindranath Tagore - Though the stories by Tagore were also good enough but each story had a sad ending. Maybe they reflected the true image of Indian society during the lifetime of Mr.Tagore, but the stories always left me depressed, and somehow I could not finish this book.
Have any other suggestions for short story books?
