---
title: 'Eleven Kinds of Loneliness '
author: Richard Yates
stars: 1.5
readDate: 2025-04-20T23:00:00.000Z
url: 'https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/b41da262-35d9-4177-a8dc-1294d43ec7c7'
thumbnailUrl: 'https://cdn.thestorygraph.com/zvjnz56igytbt4d7qxptxqc3sh3f'
tags: 'fiction, literary, short stories'
---

I went into this hoping for an evocative collection of short stories, but the only emotion they evoked in me was boredom. I had to put this down.