Best Short Stories books for young adult readers, including adult-YA crossover books.
YA & Adult-YA Crossovers:
Short Stories
Total books found: 50
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Where Are You Really From
by Elaine Hsieh Chou
8/18/2026, 352 pages.
From the critically-acclaimed author of Disorientation, a multi-genre story collection that explores the limits and possibilities of storytelling.
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Being Aro
by Madeline Dyer, Rosiee Thor
5/26/2026, 304 pages.
Explore expansive aromantic love and connection in stories across genres.
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A Bird in the Air Means We Can Still Breathe
by Mahogany L. Browne
3/3/2026, 160 pages.
In this poignant mixed voice, mixed form collection of interconnected prose, poems and stories, teen characters, their families, and their communities grapple with the COVID-19 ...
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Brawler
by Lauren Groff
2/24/2026, 288 pages.
A stunning, fierce collection from a master of the short story and one of the most important writers of our time.
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Legendary Frybread Drive-In
by Cynthia Leitich Smith
8/26/2025, 352 pages.
Featuring the voices of both new and acclaimed Indigenous writers and edited by bestselling Muscogee author Cynthia Leitich Smith, this collection of interconnected stories serves ...
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There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven
by Ruben Reyes
7/1/2025, 240 pages.
An electrifying debut story collection about Central American identity that spans past, present, and future worlds to reveal what happens when your life is no longer your own.
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Home Has No Borders
by Samira Ahmed
5/13/2025, 384 pages.
From New York Times bestselling author Samira Ahmed and Sona Charaipotra comes this uplifting contemporary teen anthology celebrating South Asian stories and writers.
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The Black Girl Survives in This One
by Desiree S. Evans
4/2/2024, 368 pages.
A YA anthology of horror stories centering Black girls who battle monsters, both human and supernatural, and who survive to the end.
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All These Sunken Souls
by Circe Moskowitz
10/17/2023, 256 pages.
From haunted, hungry Victorian mansions, temporal monster–infested asylums, and ravaging zombie apocalypses, to southern gothic hoodoo practitioners and cursed patriarchs in ...
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The Collectors
by A.S. King
9/19/2023, 272 pages.
From Michael L. Printz Award winner A.S. King and an all-star team of contributors including Anna-Marie McLemore and Jason Reynolds, an anthology of stories about remarkable people...
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