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A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
by Flannery O'Connor 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2951
vote
2
Nine Stories
Nine Stories
by J.D. Salinger 29 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2858
vote
3
The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 25 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2399
vote
4
Dubliners
Dubliners
by James Joyce 24 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2334
vote
5
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2071
vote
6
Welcome to the Monkey House
Welcome to the Monkey House
by Kurt Vonnegut 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1652
vote
7
Everything That Rises Must Converge
Everything That Rises Must Converge
by Flannery O'Connor 16 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1550
vote
8
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Stories
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Sto...
by Raymond Carver 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1376
vote
9
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1349
vote
10
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1340
vote
11
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
by Franz Kafka 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1243
vote
12
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1139
vote
13
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels & 56 Short Stories
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels &...
by Arthur Conan Doyle 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1075
vote
14
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
by Miranda July 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1063
vote
15
Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1062
vote
16
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigía Edition
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway:...
by Ernest Hemingway 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1060
vote
17
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1008
vote
18
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 957
vote
19
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 949
vote
20
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
by Stephen King 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 946
vote
21
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
by Hans Christian Andersen 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 930
vote
22
Night Shift
Night Shift
by Stephen King 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 929
vote
22
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
by O. Henry 10 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 929
vote
24
Stories of Anton Chekhov
Stories of Anton Chekhov
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 857
vote
25
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 844
vote
26
Selected Short Stories
Selected Short Stories
by Guy de Maupassant 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 814
vote
27
Forty Stories
Forty Stories
by Donald Barthelme 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 774
vote
28
Pastoralia
Pastoralia
by George Saunders 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 771
vote
28
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
by Jorge Luis Borges 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 771
vote
30
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories
by Aimee Bender 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 770
vote
31
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
by Stephen King 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 752
vote
32
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
by Roald Dahl 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 747
vote
33
To Build a Fire and Other Stories
To Build a Fire and Other Stories
by Jack London 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 739
vote
34
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
by George Saunders 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 735
vote
35
Mourning Doves: and other stories
Mourning Doves: and other stories
by Tom Upton (Goodreads author) 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 699
vote
36
Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight
by Stephen King 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 657
vote
37
Grimms' Fairy Tales and Anderson's Fairy Tales
Grimms' Fairy Tales and Anderson's Fairy Tales
by Jacob Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 655
vote
38
After the Quake
After the Quake
by Haruki Murakami 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 654
vote
39
Self-Help: Stories
Self-Help: Stories
by Lorrie Moore 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 638
vote
40
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
by Amy Hempel 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 570
vote
41
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
by Edgar Allan Poe 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 568
vote
42
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
by John Cheever 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 567
vote
42
Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 567
vote
44
Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 541
vote
45
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
by Ernest Hemingway 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 535
vote
46
Cathedral
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 494
vote
47
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 493
vote
48
Drown
Drown
by Junot Díaz 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 472
vote
49
Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
by Raymond Carver 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 471
vote
50
The Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony, and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony, and Oth...
by Franz Kafka 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 465
vote
51
Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
by H.P. Lovecraft, Joyce Carol Oates (Editor) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 452
vote
52
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
by Arthur C. Clarke 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 438
vote
53
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
by Truman Capote 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 435
vote
54
Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories
by Donald Barthelme 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 433
vote
55
Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
by Edith Wharton 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 411
vote
56
Elbow Room
Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 390
vote
57
Willful Creatures: Stories
Willful Creatures: Stories
by Aimee Bender 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 388
vote
58
Knockemstiff
Knockemstiff
by Donald Ray Pollock 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 387
vote
59
Runaway: Stories
Runaway: Stories
by Alice Munro 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 385
vote
60
Summer Blonde
Summer Blonde
by Adrian Tomine 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 381
vote
61
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by Z.Z. Packer 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 377
vote
62
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
by Susanna Clarke, Charles Vess (Illustrator) 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 374
vote
63
Different Seasons
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 368
vote
64
How We Are Hungry
How We Are Hungry
by Dave Eggers 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 365
vote
64
In Persuasion Nation
In Persuasion Nation
by George Saunders 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 365
vote
66
Kiss/Kiss
Kiss/Kiss
by Roald Dahl 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 353
vote
67
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
by Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 346
vote
68
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
by Ursula K. LeGuin 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 337
vote
69
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 303
vote
70
How to Breathe Underwater
How to Breathe Underwater
by Julie Orringer 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 299
vote
71
Blow-Up: And Other Stories
Blow-Up: And Other Stories
by Julio Cortázar 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 297
vote
72
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
by Joe Hill, Christopher Golden (Introduction) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
72
Books of Blood 1-3
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
74
Speaking with the Angel
Speaking with the Angel
by Nick Hornby, Irvine Welsh 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 293
vote
74
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
by Edward P. Jones 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 293
vote
76
The Safety of Objects
The Safety of Objects
by A.M. Homes 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
76
Lost in the City
Lost in the City
by Edward P. Jones 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
78
In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs: Stories
In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs: St...
by Tobias Wolff 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 291
vote
78
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Stories
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves: Sto...
by Karen Russell 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 291
vote
80
Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories
Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories
by Jincy Willett 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 283
vote
81
Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories
Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories
by Jim Shepard 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 281
vote
81
Stories
Stories
by Katherine Mansfield 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 281
vote
83
Homeland and Other Stories
Homeland and Other Stories
by Barbara Kingsolver 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 274
vote
84
Tales of Ordinary Madness
Tales of Ordinary Madness
by Charles Bukowski 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 272
vote
85
High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
by Joe R. Lansdale 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 271
vote
86
Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Come Back, Dr. Caligari
by Donald Barthelme 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 266
vote
87
Just After Sunset
Just After Sunset
by Stephen King 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 264
vote
88
City Life
City Life
by Donald Barthelme 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 263
vote
89
In Our Time
In Our Time
by Ernest Hemingway 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 255
vote
89
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
by Elizabeth Bowen 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 255
vote
91
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 248
vote
92
THE OPEN WINDOW AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
THE OPEN WINDOW AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
by H.H. Munro, Saki 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 244
vote
93
Billy Budd and Other Stories
Billy Budd and Other Stories
by Herman Melville 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 237
vote
94
The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 230
vote
95
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 1: The ...
by Philip K. Dick, Roger Zelazny (Introduction) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 228
vote
96
The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 227
vote
97
The Early Stories
The Early Stories
by John Updike 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 216
vote
98
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Stories, Prose, and Diary Excerpts
Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams: Short Sto...
by Sylvia Plath 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 213
vote
99
The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
by Isaac Bashevis Singer 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 211
vote
100
The Little Disturbances of Man
The Little Disturbances of Man
by Grace Paley 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 210
vote
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message 1: by Petra X (new)
Jul 18, 2008 04:13PM

1237196 These look like some interesting books however, the only one I've read is Interpreter of Maladies which I didn't enjoy. I haven't read short stories in living memory so I can't vote on this list, but thanks for asking anyway.


message 2: by Browngirl (new)
Aug 20, 2009 08:45AM

2621232 Unaccustomed Earth is on the list twice.


message 3: by Thom (new)
Sep 03, 2009 04:11PM

Nophoto-m-25x33 I put in Stephen Zweig and got "No authors found". Looks like we're just getting started here.


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