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Best Short Story Collections
A list of the best collections of short stories, either anthologies with stories by multiple authors or collections with stories by one author.
Tags: fiction, short, and stories

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Dubliners
Dubliners
by James Joyce 4 people voted »
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The Best of John W. Campbell
The Best of John W. Campbell
by John Wood Campbell Jr. (Author), Lester Del Rey (Editor) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Living Dead
The Living Dead
by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads author) (Editor), Joe Hill 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Different Seasons
Different Seasons
by Stephen King 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Fancies and Goodnights
Fancies and Goodnights
by John Collier, Ray Bradbury 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Vintage Bradbury
The Vintage Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
by Joe R. Lansdale 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Bumper Crop
Bumper Crop
by Joe R. Lansdale 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
by Flannery O'Connor 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
The Umbrella Man and Other Stories
by Roald Dahl 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick
by Philip K. Dick 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
by Michael Chabon (editor / contributor), Jim Shepard 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Too Far to Go
Too Far to Go
by John Updike 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Under the Fang
Under the Fang
by Robert R. McCammon (Editor) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Best American Short Stories of the Century
The Best American Short Stories of the Century
by John Updike 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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In All Probability: A Collection of Short Stories
In All Probability: A Collection of Short Stories
by Steve Morris, Pneuma Springs Publishing (Illustrator) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The October Country
The October Country
by Ray Bradbury 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Harrowing the Dragon
Harrowing the Dragon
by Patricia A. McKillip 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Best American Short Stories 2007
The Best American Short Stories 2007
by Stephen King (Editor), Heidi Pitlor (Series Editor) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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When the People Fell
When the People Fell
by Cordwainer Smith 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The House of the Vestals
The House of the Vestals
by Steven Saylor 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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A Gladiator Dies Only Once
A Gladiator Dies Only Once
by Steven Saylor 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Unaccustomed Earth
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Drown
Drown
by Junot Díaz 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Tales of the Grotesque & Arabesque
Tales of the Grotesque & Arabesque
by Edgar Allan Poe 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Early Stories
The Early Stories
by John Updike 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, "Rabbit Remembered"
Licks of Love: Short Stories and a Sequel, &quo...
by John Updike 1 person voted »
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The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories
by Franz Kafka 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
by Leo Tolstoy 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories
The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories an...
by Gene Wolfe 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We Can Remember it for You Wholesale
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick 2: We C...
by Philip K. Dick, Norman Spinrad (Introduction) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Dangerous Visions: The 35th Anniversary Edition
Dangerous Visions: The 35th Anniversary Edition
by Harlan Ellison (Editor) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3:  Second Variety
The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume ...
by Philip K. Dick, John Brunner (Introduction) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Is That What People Do? Short Stories
Is That What People Do? Short Stories
by Robert Sheckley 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Great Short Stories of Herman Melville
Great Short Stories of Herman Melville
by Warner Berthoff 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Hawthorne's Short Stories
Hawthorne's Short Stories
by Nathaniel Hawthorne 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street
by Herman Melville 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
The Complete Western Stories of Elmore Leonard
by Elmore Leonard 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Some Short Stories
Some Short Stories
by Elmore Leonard, Henry James 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction
The Turn of the Screw and Other Short Fiction
by Henry James 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Melville's Short Novels
Melville's Short Novels
by Herman Melville 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared Even Me
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories That Scared ...
by Alfred Hitchcock (Editor), John Wyndham (Contributor) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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The Public Hating: A Collection of Short Stories
The Public Hating: A Collection of Short Stories
by Steve Allen 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
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