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Best Short Stories You Can Read

Best and Most Famous Short Stories of All Time which You should read.
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The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)
The Master and Margarita
1
Mikhail Bulgakov
Ecce Homo (Friedrich Nietzsche)
Ecce Homo
2
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Nose (Nikolai Gogol)
The Nose
3
Nikolai Gogol
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
4
Mary Shelley
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
5
J.D. Salinger
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
6
Ernest Hemingway
The Red Pony (John Steinbeck)
The Red Pony
7
John Steinbeck
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
8
Leo Tolstoy
Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu)
Tao Te Ching
9
Lao-Tzu
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
10
George Orwell
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
11
Jack London
The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis
12
Franz Kafka
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
13
Shirley Jackson
Candide (Voltaire)
Candide
14
Voltaire
Lady Susan (Jane Austen)
Lady Susan
15
Jane Austen
The Happy Prince (Oscar Wilde)
The Happy Prince
16
Oscar Wilde
The Woman in the Dunes (Kobo Abe)
The Woman in the Dunes
17
Kobo Abe
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
18
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Pinocchio (Carlo Collodi)
Pinocchio
19
Carlo Collodi
I Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I Robot
20
Isaac Asimov
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
21
Charles Dickens
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
22
Robert Louis Stevenson
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
23
Edgar Allan Poe
The Box Man (Kōbō Abe)
The Box Man
24
Kōbō Abe
The Stranger (Albert Camus)
The Stranger
25
Albert Camus
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
26
Oscar Wilde
Of Men and Mice - John Steinbeck (1937)
Of Men and Mice - John Steinbeck (1937)
27
The Overcoat (Nikolai Gogol)
The Overcoat
28
Nikolai Gogol
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
29
J.D. Salinger
A Hunger Artist (Franz Kafka)
A Hunger Artist
30
Franz Kafka
The Black Cat (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Black Cat
31
Edgar Allan Poe
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The Art of War
32
Sun Tzu
Three Sisters (Anton Chekhov)
Three Sisters
33
Anton Chekhov
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
34
Washington Irving
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
35
Edgar Allan Poe
The Necklace (Guy De Maupassant)
The Necklace
36
Guy De Maupassant
The Mountain (Paul Yoon)
The Mountain
37
Paul Yoon
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies (Deesha Philyaw)
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
38
Deesha Philyaw
Black Light (Kimberly King Parsons)
Black Light
39
Kimberly King Parsons
The Cherry Orchard (Anton Chekov)
The Cherry Orchard
40
Anton Chekov
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