Some people like reading short story better than Novel, because it's more to the point knowing the end of the story. Generally they read that short story just for killing their time.
Here are 20 most downloaded short story you can read in your smartphone or tablet. They are in the form of Epub, Kindle or Pdf.
1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
by Francis Scott Fitzgerald
This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end. By trying the experiment upon only one man...
2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes #9
by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his famous detective and illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first of the Sherlock Holmes short...
3. I, Robot
by Cory Doctorow
"I, Robot" is a science-fiction short story by Cory Doctorow published in 2005. The story is set in the type of police state needed to ensure that only one company is allowed to make robots, and only one type...
4. The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes #8
by Arthur Conan Doyle
The last twelve stories written about Holmes and Watson, these tales reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written. Some of the sharpest turns of wit in English literature are contrasted...
5. The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes #6
by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The book was first published on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd and...
6. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes #5
by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1894, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
7. The Call of Cthulhu
by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
"The Call of Cthulhu" is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which...
8. The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a "monstrous...
9. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
by Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen began publishing his Fairy Tales in 1835. This collection of 127 of the stories was translated by Mrs. Paull in 1872.
10. The Tell-Tale Heart
by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully...
11. 2 B R O 2 B
by Kurt Vonnegut
2 B R 0 2 B is a satiric short story that imagines life (and death) in a future world where aging has been “cured” and population control is mandated and administered by the government.
12. Japanese Fairy Tales
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
This collection of Japanese fairy tales is the outcome of a suggestion made to me indirectly through a friend by Mr. Andrew Lang. They have been translated from the modern version written by Sadanami Sanjin....
13. Password Incorrect
by Nick Name
25 short, sometimes funny and sometimes mean stories ideal to rediscover the joy of reading a book as shiny and beautiful as a brand new cell phone. A look from a distance at the absurdity of our present day...
15. In the Year 2889
by Jules Verne
In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely...
16. The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe
The tale opens with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his comfort.
17. Irish Fairy Tales
by James Stephens
The lore of ancient Ireland comes to life in this collection of classic folk tales retold for modern readers.
18. The Murders in the Rue Morgue
by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe published in Graham's Magazine in 1841. It has been claimed as the first detective story; Poe referred to it as one of his "tales of ratiocination"....
19. The Way of the Bow
by Paulo Coelho
“The Way of the Bow” relates the story of Tetsuya, the best archer of the country, who conveys his teachings to a boy in his village. Using the metaphor of archery the author leads us through several essential...
20. His Last Bow
Sherlock Holmes #7
by Arthur Conan Doyle
His Last Bow is a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories (eight in American editions) by Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as the title of one of the stories in that collection. Originally published in 1917,...20 Most Popular Downloaded Short Story