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30 Great American Short Stories

Here is a list of 30 great american short stories to read. If you want to read any of them go to the source or the link below. On the site it only says 20 stories but I added the other short story stories paired in the descriptions and they listed three short stories by the same author as only one.
https://americanliterature.com/twenty-great-american-short-stories
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The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
1
O. Henry
The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Little Match Girl
2
Hans Christian Andersen
To Build a Fire by Jack London
To Build a Fire by Jack London
3
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge
4
A Dark Brown Dog (Stephen Crane)
A Dark Brown Dog
5
Stephen Crane
The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw
6
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
7
Edgar Allan Poe
Eve's Diary (Mark Twain)
Eve's Diary
8
Mark Twain
The Story of an Hour (Kate Chopin)
The Story of an Hour
9
Kate Chopin
The Luck of Roaring Camp (Bret Harte)
The Luck of Roaring Camp
10
Bret Harte
Regret (Kate Chopin)
Regret
11
Kate Chopin
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain
12
The Skylight Room (O. Henry)
The Skylight Room
13
O. Henry
A Horseman in the Sky (Ambrose Bierce)
A Horseman in the Sky
14
Ambrose Bierce
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
15
Washington Irving
Rip Van Winkle
Rip Van Winkle
16
My Kinsman, Major Molineu (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
My Kinsman, Major Molineu
17
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Young Goodman Brown" (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
"Young Goodman Brown"
18
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"The Minister's Black Veil" (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
"The Minister's Black Veil"
19
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Cactus (O. Henry)
The Cactus
20
O. Henry
The Tell Tale Heart
The Tell Tale Heart
21
Scarlet Stockings (Louisa May Alcot)
Scarlet Stockings
22
Louisa May Alcot
An Angel in Disguise (T.S. Arthur)
An Angel in Disguise
23
T.S. Arthur
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
24
Herman Melville
A Jury of Her Peers: Celebrating American Women From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx (Elaine Showalter)
A Jury of Her Peers: Celebrating American Women From Anne Bradstreet to Annie Proulx
25
Elaine Showalter
The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Purloined Letter
26
Edgar Allan Poe
On the Gull's Road (Willa Cather)
On the Gull's Road
27
Willa Cather
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
28
Shirley Jackson
"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
"Thank You, Ma'am" by Langston Hughes
29
The Split Cherry Tree (Jesse Stuart)
The Split Cherry Tree
30
Jesse Stuart
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