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Nine Stories
Nine Stories
by J.D. Salinger 29 people voted »
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The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 25 people voted »
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Dubliners
Dubliners
by James Joyce 24 people voted »
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Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri 22 people voted »
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Welcome to the Monkey House
Welcome to the Monkey House
by Kurt Vonnegut 17 people voted »
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Everything That Rises Must Converge
Everything That Rises Must Converge
by Flannery O'Connor 16 people voted »
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Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
Smoke and Mirrors: Short Fictions and Illusions
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 14 people voted »
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The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury 14 people voted »
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The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
by Franz Kafka 13 people voted »
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe 12 people voted »
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No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories
by Miranda July 11 people voted »
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Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew
by Stephen King 11 people voted »
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The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor 11 people voted »
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Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day
by David Sedaris 10 people voted »
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The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man
by Ray Bradbury 10 people voted »
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Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
by Stephen King 10 people voted »
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Night Shift
Night Shift
by Stephen King 10 people voted »
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The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
by O. Henry 10 people voted »
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Stories of Anton Chekhov
Stories of Anton Chekhov
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 9 people voted »
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Selected Short Stories
Selected Short Stories
by Guy de Maupassant 9 people voted »
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Forty Stories
Forty Stories
by Donald Barthelme 8 people voted »
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Pastoralia
Pastoralia
by George Saunders 8 people voted »
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The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories
by Aimee Bender 8 people voted »
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Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
by Stephen King 8 people voted »
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Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
by Roald Dahl 8 people voted »
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To Build a Fire and Other Stories
To Build a Fire and Other Stories
by Jack London 8 people voted »
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Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
by George Saunders 8 people voted »
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Mourning Doves: and other stories
Mourning Doves: and other stories
by Tom Upton (Goodreads author) 7 people voted »
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Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight
by Stephen King 7 people voted »
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After the Quake
After the Quake
by Haruki Murakami 7 people voted »
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Self-Help: Stories
Self-Help: Stories
by Lorrie Moore 7 people voted »
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The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel
by Amy Hempel 6 people voted »
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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 »
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The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
by John Cheever 6 people voted »
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Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri 6 people voted »
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Twice-Told Tales
Twice-Told Tales
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 6 people voted »
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The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
by Ernest Hemingway 6 people voted »
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Cathedral
Cathedral
by Raymond Carver 5 people voted »
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Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads author) 6 people voted »
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Drown
Drown
by Junot Díaz 5 people voted »
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Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
by Raymond Carver 5 people voted »
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The Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony, and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony, and Oth...
by Franz Kafka 5 people voted »
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Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
Tales of H. P. Lovecraft
by H.P. Lovecraft, Joyce Carol Oates (Editor) 5 people voted »
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The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
by Arthur C. Clarke 5 people voted »
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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
The Complete Stories of Truman Capote
by Truman Capote 5 people voted »
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Sixty Stories
Sixty Stories
by Donald Barthelme 5 people voted »
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Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
by Edith Wharton 5 people voted »
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Elbow Room
Elbow Room
by James Alan McPherson 4 people voted »
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Willful Creatures: Stories
Willful Creatures: Stories
by Aimee Bender 4 people voted »
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Knockemstiff
Knockemstiff
by Donald Ray Pollock 4 people voted »
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Runaway: Stories
Runaway: Stories
by Alice Munro 4 people voted »
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Summer Blonde
Summer Blonde
by Adrian Tomine 4 people voted »
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Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
by Z.Z. Packer 4 people voted »
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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 »
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Different Seasons
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 4 people voted »
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How We Are Hungry
How We Are Hungry
by Dave Eggers 4 people voted »
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In Persuasion Nation
In Persuasion Nation
by George Saunders 4 people voted »
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Kiss/Kiss
Kiss/Kiss
by Roald Dahl 4 people voted »
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The Wind's Twelve Quarters
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
by Ursula K. LeGuin 4 people voted »
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The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
by Sherman Alexie 4 people voted »
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How to Breathe Underwater
How to Breathe Underwater
by Julie Orringer 3 people voted »
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Blow-Up: And Other Stories
Blow-Up: And Other Stories
by Julio Cortázar 3 people voted »
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20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
by Joe Hill, Christopher Golden (Introduction) 3 people voted »
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Books of Blood 1-3
Books of Blood 1-3
by Clive Barker 4 people voted »
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Speaking with the Angel
Speaking with the Angel
by Nick Hornby, Irvine Welsh 3 people voted »
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All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
All Aunt Hagar's Children: Stories
by Edward P. Jones 3 people voted »
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The Safety of Objects
The Safety of Objects
by A.M. Homes 3 people voted »
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Lost in the City
Lost in the City
by Edward P. Jones 3 people voted »
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In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs: Stories
In The Garden Of The North American Martyrs: St...
by Tobias Wolff 3 people voted »
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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 »
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Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories
Jenny and the Jaws of Life: Short Stories
by Jincy Willett 3 people voted »
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Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories
Like You'd Understand, Anyway: Stories
by Jim Shepard 3 people voted »
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Stories
Stories
by Katherine Mansfield 3 people voted »
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Homeland and Other Stories
Homeland and Other Stories
by Barbara Kingsolver 3 people voted »
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Tales of Ordinary Madness
Tales of Ordinary Madness
by Charles Bukowski 3 people voted »
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High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
by Joe R. Lansdale 3 people voted »
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Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Come Back, Dr. Caligari
by Donald Barthelme 3 people voted »
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Just After Sunset
Just After Sunset
by Stephen King 3 people voted »
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City Life
City Life
by Donald Barthelme 3 people voted »
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In Our Time
In Our Time
by Ernest Hemingway 3 people voted »
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowen
by Elizabeth Bowen 3 people voted »
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The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
by Oscar Wilde 3 people voted »
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THE OPEN WINDOW AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
THE OPEN WINDOW AND OTHER SHORT STORIES
by H.H. Munro, Saki 3 people voted »
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Billy Budd and Other Stories
Billy Budd and Other Stories
by Herman Melville 3 people voted »
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The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy 3 people voted »
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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 »
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The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table
by Primo Levi 3 people voted »
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The Early Stories
The Early Stories
by John Updike 3 people voted »
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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 »
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The Little Disturbances of Man
The Little Disturbances of Man
by Grace Paley 3 people voted »
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message 1: by Petra X (new)

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)

2621232 Unaccustomed Earth is on the list twice.


message 3: by Thom (new)

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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