Eva Ibbotson Short Story Collections books in order

Reading order

Eva Ibbotson’s short story collections showcase two different sides of her writing. A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories, published in 1984, gathers adult literary short fiction set in the kind of European locations that define much of her work. The stories draw on her Austrian roots and the displaced world of Central European emigres, with the same emotional intelligence that runs through her adult novels.

Let Sleeping Sea-Monsters Lie and Other Cautionary Tales, published posthumously in 2012, collects her children’s short fiction. These stories carry the playful humor and gentle moral lessons that readers know from her children’s novels, featuring magical creatures and young protagonists facing unusual challenges. Together, the two collections give a rounded picture of Ibbotson’s range as a storyteller.