Do you like reading short stories or long novels ?

It always depends upon the author one has chosen. I have read classics of Leo Tolstoy, Lord of the Rings etc. I never got board even though they were thousands of pages long. But some books such the third part of Inheritance cycle, Brisingr. I lst momentum in the middle. Short stores are much better, but I feel they sometimes leave a strange yearning of pre and Post Scenario of the characters involved.

before i used to love reading novels. but when i majored creative writing and used short fiction for my thesis collection, i got more interested in reading short stories and flash fiction. as a writer, producing a compact story is indeed more challenging to write shorter works. but i mostly read them to get creative insights so i can also improve my writing.

I have not come into touch with reading stories unless it was required by the professor or I was really interested in reading a book that I was willing to sacrifice time to read it. I was really busy these past few days. Shorts stories are cool but novels are the coolest. However, I was so interested with the book "Time Traveler's Wife" that I finished the 500+ page novel in two days. I stock up with books so that if I felt like reading, I could grab one and read.

I really like reading long novels myself as I like to be given the time to get to know characters, which I don't really feel able to do in short stories. I also like being in the middle of a really good novel and knowing that I can enjoy it for hours to come. The downside to this of course is that when it ends, you can feel quite sad, as it's all over!

I don't read short stories. I love long and thick novels especially if the author is my favorite Stephen King. I collect all his books.

For me i don't like to read a long story or a long novel because i have no alot of times to read them.I like to read a book for sleeping so i don't like a long story.

On the whole I love reading.I like short stories more as the suspense is over fast.When I read a book I need to spend alot of time as I want to finish it off fast.I do not like to keep the end waiting for too long.I love books which are gripping and racy.Reading transports me into a different world altogether.As I read I want to know the ending soon so my preference is short stories.Reading is fun.

I love to read long novels. I can really get into enjoying a novel with a good story. It is interesting to learn about the characters and the themes of the book. I like it if there are a few twists and turns in the story. I like some excitement but not any horror that would really frighten me. I am delighted when a novel is set in a different country and there is great description about the settings. I don't very often read short stories but when short of time think they are great options my friend Greenline.

I loved short stories of Enid bliton, Famous five, secret seven, fairy tales like cindrella, Alice in wonderland, Tom sawyer etc. I like all novels of Sydney sheldon and augatha christie.

I like novels better. I think short stories are not captivating enough. I like to spend a long time and enjoy longer stories.

I prefer the long novels. I could never really get into short stories.

I Love Both. Reading Books are like eating my favorite dish. for last one and half years i was much busy with my work schedule. so i could not read much books. I just quit my job before 1 month and totally forget of reading my favorite novels. Too bad.. i wil start my routine again from August. Anyway, I bought the book "My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling written by Bret Hart, Former WWF champion. I bought this book during my working days itself and I almost finished the 550 pages. Book reading is one of great habits. peoples dont have this habit, must try to have this habit. because of books, I made policies of my own, standing strong in myself what i believe. It is book which shaped my real life character. they play a big role in my life. Have a nice time, greenline.

i like to read long novels,the life is endless,including details of story,chacrater's discription clear,i read the novels,i pay attention to describe chacrater's mentelity and behaviour and speaking,so i can understand the writer's aim to write this novel.there is important to expess chacrater's fate in the novel,so this can interest me to read it.

If I have a lot of time, I prefer to read long novels, there are more people and it is more attractive and more interesting of long novels than short novels. Sometimes long novels could inspire you a lot. While if I do not have so much time, reading short stories is a good choice. Many of them could bring me a lot of fun.

Nowadays I get a very short time to read... Reading is a good habit.So I prefer keeping it up within me. So I prefer reading magazines,newspapers and short stories. I am too fond of thrillers and detective stories,but I cannot read them because most of them are long novels.

I go for short stories most of the time. I'd been a very busy sales person all my life so I really can't read long novels.

I prefer to read short stories than long novels. I felt tired of having it read longer and the ending is long to wait. I like short one because we are satisfied already after we have read it in a day or how many weeks. I not so fan of reading long stories it makes me lazy.

it depends. surely i love to read detective short stories such as Hitchcok's works, but sometimes long classics is also attractive such as Vingt Ans Apres written by A.Dumas that's my lovest novel which i put on the head of my bed and read it every day.n

I like Bible.reading short stories can save you some time. After all reading is to help people to learn how to be a good man and live happily.

I like reading the longer novels myself. They usually have more emotion and excitement. A really good and long one is "Shogun" if you have the time. A thousand pages in my version, but an awesome book.