i asked 10.000 people about their favourite story (and read the best 10)
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Published 2024-06-09
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Hi! My name is Leonie and I am a 25 year old girl from the Netherlands who loves talking about books! From YA to non-fiction to classics, I read it all (although fantasy will always be my fave).
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All Comments (21)
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Numbered List! 10. Things We Lost in the Fire - 1:36 9. The Husband Stitch - 4:42 8. The Paper Menagerie - 7:54 7. The Egg - 9:34 6. All Summer in a Day - 11:47 5. The Tell Tale Heart - 14:25 4. The Lottery - 16:27 3. The Six Deaths of the Saint - 19:37 2. The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas - 22:20 1. The Yellow Wallpaper - 23:20
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Love seeing you get traumatized by The Lottery in real time. Now imagine reading that in class as a 12 year old! Definitely stuck with me. 😂
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Really happy that Ray Bradbury made the list but a little sad that specifically his short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" didn't get more recommendations. From the sci-fi/technology themed short stories that I have read, that story definitely had me just quietly sitting in my chair for a little bit to process.
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You should make this a series and just make your way through a bunch more short stories!! I feel like a person’s favorite short story is so personal and I‘d like to hear more of people‘s favorites!!!
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aw i’m so surprised Ted Chiang didn’t make it to the list! his short stories are some of the best i’ve read - love that i now have new recs from this video though ❤
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The fact that I was just getting prepared to go to bed but watching this is worth the tiredness I will have tomorrow
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Loved the concept of this video! I would be very much interested in viewing a similar video where you instead read 10 of the least popular short stories people recommended on this poll! I would like to see what obscure, hidden gems people love.
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For me it’s Foster by irish author Claire Keegan. If you haven’t read it, you definitely should! It has a simple plot but is beautifully written.
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We read The Lottery in grade 10. After reading it, our teacher had us reenact it with wadded up paper "stones". I will never forget that story
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Going to bed in France with a Léonie video, what a perfect evening
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Love The Language of Thorns story collection by Leigh Bardugo. The fairytalesque kind of telling really comes at hand and the stories are beautifully dark and deep.
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I haven't read many short stories w lasting impact, but Murder Mysteries by Neil Gaiman was so enjoyable to me. The dialogue most of all stuck with me for months and i still consider it a favorite
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The Dangers of Smoking in Bed is a spectacular book. 90% of the stories stuck in my brain. ❤
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A little unrelated, but as a Mexican, I hate the sun 😢 For the life of me I cannot understand when people get happy when the sun comes out. I love the cold, the rainy cloudy days. The sun is just too much and it burnsss 😅 I mean, I love it as a star, as the thing that makes life possible on Earth, but it is also too hot where I live and too much UV. (And that is just getting worse with climate change so...)
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Gogol's "Nose" long has been my favorite. Thx - enjoyed : )
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I looved The Six Deaths Of The Saint!!
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The character growth from Leonie not liking/reading short stories to now is amazing
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Your videos have reached new heights of beauty lately, I love it. All the shots of the weather and cosy public places are so lovely. 💛
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I was waiting for Galatea by Madeleine Miller 😢 Under 30 pages but it’s perfection
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My favorite short story is definitely Matilda by Mary Shelley. I read fit for the first time last year when I bought it in London and I still think about it to this day. It’s so beautifully written but extremely depressing and the story behind the book and why it was published 100 years after it was written is super interesting to learn about.
