#9 in Short stories
Nine Stories
- 198
- Pages
- about 3.5 h
- Reading time
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Our view
“Nine Stories” is Salinger at short length: quiet, dark tales of people who ache for contact with someone else. The nine pieces, under two hundred pages in all, circle the damage left by the Second World War and the search for meaning. Some readers find each story slow to reach its point and come away content more than won over. Take it slowly, one tale at a sitting.
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About the book
Nine Stories is a collection of short stories by American fiction writer J. D. Salinger published in April 1953. It includes two of his most notable short stories, "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and "For Esmé – with Love and Squalor"..
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 257 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 64% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Short stories average of 7.8. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.2 | 29 | 11% |
| Hardcover | 8.1 | 228 | 89% |
Frequently asked
How long is Nine Stories?
It has 198 pages — shorter than 71% of the ranked books in Short stories.
In this book
Themes this book shares with others — each leads to the best books on it.
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