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50 Shorter Fictions That Will Be Classics If They Aren't Already

One assumes, of course. In any case, all of these are shorter than 200 pages and well regarded enough (if only by me) to be worth checking out.
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Strange Pilgrims (Gabriel Garciá Márquez)
Strange Pilgrims
1
Gabriel Garciá Márquez
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems (Danez Smith)
Don't Call Us Dead: Poems
2
Danez Smith
Chess Story (Stefan Zweig)
Chess Story
3
Stefan Zweig
Illuminations (Arthur Rimbaud)
Illuminations
4
Arthur Rimbaud
Visitation (Jenny Erpenbeck)
Visitation
5
Jenny Erpenbeck
Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems (Marina Tsvetaeva)
Bride of Ice: New Selected Poems
6
Marina Tsvetaeva
Fatelessness (Imre Kertész)
Fatelessness
7
Imre Kertész
The Last Leaf (O. Henry)
The Last Leaf
8
O. Henry
M. Butterfly (David Henry Hwang)
M. Butterfly
9
David Henry Hwang
The Descent of Alette (Alice Notley)
The Descent of Alette
10
Alice Notley
Giovanni's Room (James Baldwin)
Giovanni's Room
11
James Baldwin
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (H.P. Lovecraft)
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
12
H.P. Lovecraft
Amsterdam Stories (Nescio)
Amsterdam Stories
13
Nescio
Bent (Martin Sherman)
Bent
14
Martin Sherman
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
15
Angela Carter
Água Viva (Clarice Lispector)
Água Viva
16
Clarice Lispector
Mrs Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs Dalloway
17
Virginia Woolf
The War Poems (Siegfried Sassoon)
The War Poems
18
Siegfried Sassoon
Pitch Dark (Renata Adler)
Pitch Dark
19
Renata Adler
Altazor (Vicente Huidobro)
Altazor
20
Vicente Huidobro
Sleepless Nights (Elizabeth Hardwick)
Sleepless Nights
21
Elizabeth Hardwick
The Waste Land and Other Poems (T.S. Eliot)
The Waste Land and Other Poems
22
T.S. Eliot
The Passion According to G.H. (Clarice Lispector)
The Passion According to G.H.
23
Clarice Lispector
Said the Shotgun to the Head (Saul Williams)
Said the Shotgun to the Head
24
Saul Williams
The Quest for Christa T. (Christa Wolf)
The Quest for Christa T.
25
Christa Wolf
A Short Stay in Hell (Steven L. Peck)
A Short Stay in Hell
26
Steven L. Peck
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas (Ursula K Le Guin)
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
27
Ursula K Le Guin
Cosmicomics (Calvino)
Cosmicomics
28
Calvino
Quicksand (Nella Larsen)
Quicksand
29
Nella Larsen
The Women of Brewster Place (Gloria Naylor)
The Women of Brewster Place
30
Gloria Naylor
So Long a Letter (Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas)
So Long a Letter
31
Mariama Bâ, Trans. Modupé Bodé-Thomas
Pereira Declares: A Testimony (Antonio Tabucchi)
Pereira Declares: A Testimony
32
Antonio Tabucchi
Tomboy (Nina Bouraoui)
Tomboy
33
Nina Bouraoui
Gunnar's Daughter (Sigrid Undset)
Gunnar's Daughter
34
Sigrid Undset
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
35
John Steinbeck
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives (David Eagleman)
Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives
36
David Eagleman
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
37
Arthur Miller
Concrete (Thomas Bernhard)
Concrete
38
Thomas Bernhard
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
39
Thornton Wilder
Howl and Other Poems (Allen Ginsberg)
Howl and Other Poems
40
Allen Ginsberg
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