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A Journalist's 170 Favorite Short Stories - Page 2

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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Harrison Bergeron
Harrison Bergeron
41
Boule De Suif (Guy De Maupassant)
Boule De Suif
42
Guy De Maupassant
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
43
Edgar Allan Poe
The Open Boat (Stephen Crane)
The Open Boat
44
Stephen Crane
"The Swimmer" by John Cheever
"The Swimmer" by John Cheever
45
The Man Who Would Be King (Rudyard Kipling)
The Man Who Would Be King
46
Rudyard Kipling
The Possibility of Evil (Shirley Jackson)
The Possibility of Evil
47
Shirley Jackson
The Semplica Girl Diaries (George Saunders)
The Semplica Girl Diaries
48
George Saunders
The Outcasts of Poker Flats (Harte)
The Outcasts of Poker Flats
49
Harte
When the Women Come Out to Dance (Elmore Leonard)
When the Women Come Out to Dance
50
Elmore Leonard
A&P (John Updike)
A&P
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John Updike
Fifty Grand (Ernest Hemingway)
Fifty Grand
52
Ernest Hemingway
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
53
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gimpel the Fool (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
Gimpel the Fool
54
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Like a Bone in the Throat (Lawrence Block)
Like a Bone in the Throat
55
Lawrence Block
The Yellow Wallpaper (Gilman, Charlotte Perkins)
The Yellow Wallpaper
56
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale (Philip K. Dick)
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
57
Philip K. Dick
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Novellas (Ivan Turgenev)
The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Novellas
58
Ivan Turgenev
Good Country People (Flannery O'Connor)
Good Country People
59
Flannery O'Connor
"Man From the South" (Roald Dahl)
"Man From the South"
60
Roald Dahl
Big Blonde (Dorothy Parker)
Big Blonde
61
Dorothy Parker
In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka)
In the Penal Colony
62
Franz Kafka
The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)
The Nose
63
Nikolai Gogol
A Perfect Day for Bananafish (J.D. Salinger)
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
64
J.D. Salinger
Millie (Katherine Mansfield)
Millie
65
Katherine Mansfield
Body Snatcher (Robert Louis Stevenson)
Body Snatcher
66
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Celebrated Jumping Frog (Mark Twain)
The Celebrated Jumping Frog
67
Mark Twain
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
68
Katherine Mansfield
The Bear (William Faulkner)
The Bear
69
William Faulkner
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
70
Flannery O'Connor
Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol
Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol
71
"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
"Bernice Bobs Her Hair" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
72
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank (Nathan Englander)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Anne Frank
73
Nathan Englander
The Baby in the Icebox (James M. Cain)
The Baby in the Icebox
74
James M. Cain
To Build a Fire by Jack London
To Build a Fire by Jack London
75
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner (Alan Sillitoe)
The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
76
Alan Sillitoe
What You Pawn I Will Redeem (Sherman Alexie)
What You Pawn I Will Redeem
77
Sherman Alexie
The Gutting of Couffingal (Dashiell Hammett)
The Gutting of Couffingal
78
Dashiell Hammett
Running Out of Dog (Dennis Lehane)
Running Out of Dog
79
Dennis Lehane
Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving)
Rip Van Winkle
80
Washington Irving
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