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A Journalist's 170 Favorite Short Stories

This list is in order of my preferences, with Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" at number one. I tried to mix masterpieces by James Joyce and Raymond Carver with short stories like "Three-Ten to Yuma" and "An Alpine Divorce" that I found highly entertaining.
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"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
1
The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
The Necklace
2
Guy De Maupassant
Cat Person (Kristen Roupenian)
Cat Person
3
Kristen Roupenian
The Hanging Stranger (Philip K. Dick)
The Hanging Stranger
4
Philip K. Dick
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (Ambrose Bierce)
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
5
Ambrose Bierce
Three-Ten to Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
Three-Ten to Yuma
6
Elmore Leonard
A Jury of Her Peers (Susan Glaspell)
A Jury of Her Peers
7
Susan Glaspell
For Esme – With Love and Squalor (J. D. Salinger)
For Esme – With Love and Squalor
8
J. D. Salinger
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? by Joyce Carol Oates
9
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
10
Brokeback Mountain (Annie Proulx)
Brokeback Mountain
11
Annie Proulx
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
12
Pastoralia - George Saunders
Pastoralia - George Saunders
13
Paul's Case (Willa Cather)
Paul's Case
14
Willa Cather
The Ox-Bow Incident (Clark, Walter Van Tilburg)
The Ox-Bow Incident
15
Clark, Walter Van Tilburg
An Alpine Divorce (Barr)
An Alpine Divorce
16
Barr
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
17
Herman Melville
The Landlady (Roald Dahl)
The Landlady
18
Roald Dahl
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost and Other Stories
19
Oscar Wilde
Sonny's Blues (James Baldwin)
Sonny's Blues
20
James Baldwin
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
21
Barn Burning (William Faulkner)
Barn Burning
22
William Faulkner
The Body (Stephen King)
The Body
23
Stephen King
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
The Awakening, by Kate Chopin
24
Sound of Thunder (Ray Bradbury)
Sound of Thunder
25
Ray Bradbury
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Irving, Washington)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
26
Irving, Washington
No One Writes to the Colonel (Gabriel García Márquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel
27
Gabriel García Márquez
A Telephone Call (Dorothy Parker)
A Telephone Call
28
Dorothy Parker
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
29
Angela Carter
Rain (W. Somerset Maugham)
Rain
30
W. Somerset Maugham
"Don't Look Now" by Daphne Du Maurier
"Don't Look Now" by Daphne Du Maurier
31
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
32
Flannery O'Connor
Will You Please Be Quiet Please? (Raymond Carver)
Will You Please Be Quiet Please?
33
Raymond Carver
The Little Match Girl (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Little Match Girl
34
Hans Christian Andersen
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
35
Franz Kafka
The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Purloined Letter
36
Edgar Allan Poe
Alibi Ike (Ring Lardner)
Alibi Ike
37
Ring Lardner
Lawns (Mona Simpson)
Lawns
38
Mona Simpson
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
39
By the River (Joyce Carol Oates)
By the River
40
Joyce Carol Oates
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