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32 Short Story Collections That Will Cure Even the Worst Reading Slump

Buzzfeed's staff put together a list of great short story collections to read if you want to get over your reading slump.
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The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington (Leonora Carrington)
The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington
1
Leonora Carrington
The World Doesn't Require You (Rion Amilcar Scott)
The World Doesn't Require You
2
Rion Amilcar Scott
All Fires the Fire (Julio Cortázar)
All Fires the Fire
3
Julio Cortázar
Belly Up (Rita Bullwinkel)
Belly Up
4
Rita Bullwinkel
Boys and Girls Like You and Me (Aryn Kyle)
Boys and Girls Like You and Me
5
Aryn Kyle
Lost in the City (Edward P Jones)
Lost in the City
6
Edward P Jones
Man V. Nature (Diane Cook)
Man V. Nature
7
Diane Cook
Heads of the Colored People (Nafissa Thompson-Spires)
Heads of the Colored People
8
Nafissa Thompson-Spires
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky (Lesley Nneka Arimah)
What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky
9
Lesley Nneka Arimah
Large Animals (Jess Arndt)
Large Animals
10
Jess Arndt
A Lucky Man (Jamel Brinkley)
A Lucky Man
11
Jamel Brinkley
The Night in Question (Tobias Wolff)
The Night in Question
12
Tobias Wolff
Sour Heart (Jenny Zhang)
Sour Heart
13
Jenny Zhang
All Roads Lead to Blood (Bonnie Chau)
All Roads Lead to Blood
14
Bonnie Chau
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea (Sarah Pinsker)
Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea
15
Sarah Pinsker
The Dark Dark (Samantha Hunt)
The Dark Dark
16
Samantha Hunt
The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
17
Haruki Murakami
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
18
Lorrie Moore
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage (Bette Howland)
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
19
Bette Howland
Lot (Bryan Washington)
Lot
20
Bryan Washington
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories
21
Flanner O'Connor
Sansei and Sensibility (Karen Tei Yamashita)
Sansei and Sensibility
22
Karen Tei Yamashita
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (ZZ Packer)
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
23
ZZ Packer
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
24
Five-Carat Soul (James McBride)
Five-Carat Soul
25
James McBride
White Dancing Elephants (Chaya Bhuvaneswar)
White Dancing Elephants
26
Chaya Bhuvaneswar
Friday Black (Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah)
Friday Black
27
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Sabrina & Corina (Kali Fajardo-Anstine)
Sabrina & Corina
28
Kali Fajardo-Anstine
Evening in Paradise (Lucia Berlin)
Evening in Paradise
29
Lucia Berlin
Fly Already (Etgar Keret)
Fly Already
30
Etgar Keret
The Book of Imaginary Beings (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Book of Imaginary Beings
31
Jorge Luis Borges
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
32
Carmen Maria Machado
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