Exciting English Stories for Adult Learners

Welcome to Fun for Fluency! Read FUN stories at an upper beginning level (A2-B1) to practice English.

Love in 1860

Easy ●○○○○ Hard
(In Progress)

“Love in 1860”
Romance
Grace falls off a mountain in 2025. She wakes up in 1860. A handsome man helps her. But their love must be a secret. Will she stay in 1860 with him?

Easy ●●○○○ Hard
3,106 words

“See the World”
Science fiction

Neil is a doctor. He is using a new technology: “lenses.” He can see diseases with the lenses. Will the lenses help everyone, or can they be harmful?

Easy ●●●○○ Hard
9,885 words

“The Cold”
Mystery
Many people are dying. Their bodies appear outside, in the cold. No one knows why they are dying, but Ari must find the reason.



A student in the eightieth percentile reads books for 14.2 minutes per day. This adds up to 1,146,000 words per year.

-Donalyn Miller, from “Reading in the Wild

A word after a word after a word is power.

-Margaret Atwood