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Brian's Favourite Short Story Compilations

I have enjoyed these collections of short stories over the years. It's good to have something to read that fills a brief period.
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Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
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Jhumpa Lahiri
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham (2 Vol) (W Somerset Maugham)
The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham (2 Vol)
2
W Somerset Maugham
Edgar Allan Poe Sixty-Seven Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Sixty-Seven Tales
3
Edgar Allan Poe
Nightfall (Isaac Asimov)
Nightfall
4
Isaac Asimov
Droll Stories (Honoré De Balzac)
Droll Stories
5
Honoré De Balzac
The Golden Apples of the Sun (Ray Bradbury)
The Golden Apples of the Sun
6
Ray Bradbury
The Complete Father Brown (G K Chesterton)
The Complete Father Brown
7
G K Chesterton
For Your Eyes Only (Ian Fleming)
For Your Eyes Only
8
Ian Fleming
The Art of the Story (Daniel Halpern)
The Art of the Story
9
Daniel Halpern
The Boat (Nam Le)
The Boat
10
Nam Le
First Love, Last Rites (Ian McEwan)
First Love, Last Rites
11
Ian McEwan
Tales of the South Pacific (James A. Michener)
Tales of the South Pacific
12
James A. Michener
Nabokov's Dozen (Vladimir Navokov)
Nabokov's Dozen
13
Vladimir Navokov
Malgudi Days (R.K. Narayan)
Malgudi Days
14
R.K. Narayan
Guys and Dolls
Guys and Dolls
15
Lord Peter Views the Body (Dorothy L. Sayers)
Lord Peter Views the Body
16
Dorothy L. Sayers
The Infinity Box (Kate Wilhelm)
The Infinity Box
17
Kate Wilhelm
The Complete Robot (Isaac Asimov)
The Complete Robot
18
Isaac Asimov
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
19
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Bodysurfers (Robert Drewe)
The Bodysurfers
20
Robert Drewe
The Aspern Papers (Henry James)
The Aspern Papers
21
Henry James
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
22
James Joyce
Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Toshikazu Kawaguchi)
Before the Coffee Gets Cold
23
Toshikazu Kawaguchi
Love Among the Haystacks (D.H. Lawrence)
Love Among the Haystacks
24
D.H. Lawrence
The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories (Henry Lawson)
The Penguin Henry Lawson Short Stories
25
Henry Lawson
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
26
H.P Lovecraft
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature (Alberto Manguel)
Black Water: The Book of Fantastic Literature
27
Alberto Manguel
Death in Venice and Other Tales (Thomas Mann)
Death in Venice and Other Tales
28
Thomas Mann
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
29
Haruki Murakami
The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
30
Haruki Murakami
First Person Singular (Haruki Murakami)
First Person Singular
31
Haruki Murakami
Delta of Venus (Anaïs Nin)
Delta of Venus
32
Anaïs Nin
On Our Selection (Steele Rudd)
On Our Selection
33
Steele Rudd
For Esme With Love and Squalor (J.D. Salinger)
For Esme With Love and Squalor
34
J.D. Salinger
The Seance and Other Stories (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Seance and Other Stories
35
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy (Leo Tolstoy)
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy
36
Leo Tolstoy
H.G. Wells: Selected Short Stories. (H.G. Wells.)
H.G. Wells: Selected Short Stories.
37
H.G. Wells.
The Cockatoos (Patrick White)
The Cockatoos
38
Patrick White
The Best of Wodehouse (P. G. Wodehouse)
The Best of Wodehouse
39
P. G. Wodehouse
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
40
Ray Bradbury
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