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Best Short Stories Books

Although this list was initially taken from Goodreads' list of the most popular short stories books (with over 4999 ratings and shelved at least 400 times as short-stories), it was then measured against Listchallenges Most Popular short stories books and the resulting overlap created the list you now see before you
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
1
Truman Capote
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
2
Tim O'Brien
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
3
Rudyard Kipling
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
4
James Joyce
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
5
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Me Talk Pretty One Day (David Sedaris)
Me Talk Pretty One Day
6
David Sedaris
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
7
J.D. Salinger
Norse Mythology (Neil Gaiman)
Norse Mythology
8
Neil Gaiman
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
9
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
10
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
11
Shirley Jackson
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
12
Franz Kafka
Aesop's Fables (Aesop)
Aesop's Fables
13
Aesop
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
14
Elizabeth Strout
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
15
Stephen King
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
16
Edgar Allan Poe
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
17
Carmen Maria Machado
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
18
Ray Bradbury
The Tales of Beedle the Bard (J.K. Rowling - 2007)
The Tales of Beedle the Bard
19
J.K. Rowling - 2007
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
20
Edgar Allan Poe
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
21
J.D. Salinger
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
22
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
23
Sherwood Anderson
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
24
Isaac Asimov
Bartleby, the Scrivener (Herman Melville)
Bartleby, the Scrivener
25
Herman Melville
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
26
Jorge Luis Borges
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (Helen Oyeyemi)
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
27
Helen Oyeyemi
Trigger Warning (Neil Gaiman)
Trigger Warning
28
Neil Gaiman
Let It Snow (John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle)
Let It Snow
29
John Green, Maureen Johnson, Lauren Myracle
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
30
Ray Bradbury
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
31
Angela Carter
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
32
Flannery O'Connor
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
33
Flannery O'Connor
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
34
Jhumpa Lahiri
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
35
Stephen King
His Last Bow (Arthur Conan Doyle)
His Last Bow
36
Arthur Conan Doyle
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
37
Raymond Carver
Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
Everything's Eventual
38
Stephen King
This Is How You Lose Her (Junot Díaz)
This Is How You Lose Her
39
Junot Díaz
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
40
Daphne Du Maurier
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