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Can You Read at Least 7 of These Short Story Collections?

This is a list of widely acclaimed, highly regarded short story collections full of stories that will stay with you long after you put the book down.
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20th Century Ghosts (Joe Hill)
20th Century Ghosts
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Joe Hill
The Age of Wire and String
The Age of Wire and String
2
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories
3
Bad Behavior: Stories (Mary Gaitskill)
Bad Behavior: Stories
4
Mary Gaitskill
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
Before You Suffocate Your Own Fool Self
5
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
6
Lorrie Moore
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
7
Bloodchild (Octavia Butler)
Bloodchild
8
Octavia Butler
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
9
Angela Carter
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God
The Bus Driver Who Wanted to Be God
10
By Light We Knew Our Names (Anne Valente)
By Light We Knew Our Names
11
Anne Valente
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
12
Cosmicomics
Cosmicomics
13
Dance of the Happy Shades (Alice Munro)
Dance of the Happy Shades
14
Alice Munro
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
15
Alice Munro
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
16
Stephen King
Difficult Women (Roxane Gay)
Difficult Women
17
Roxane Gay
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
18
Daphne Du Maurier
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
19
The Dubliners (James Joyce)
The Dubliners
20
James Joyce
The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
21
Haruki Murakami
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
22
Flannery O'Connor
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
23
Jorge Luis Borges
Fireworks (Angela Carter)
Fireworks
24
Angela Carter
Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
25
Neil Gaiman
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
26
Katherine Mansfield
Get in Trouble (Kelly Link)
Get in Trouble
27
Kelly Link
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Aimee Bender)
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
28
Aimee Bender
Girl With Curious Hair
Girl With Curious Hair
29
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
30
Flannery O'Connor
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
31
A Guide to Being Born
A Guide to Being Born
32
Happiness, Like Water (Chinelo Okparanta)
Happiness, Like Water
33
Chinelo Okparanta
Her Body and Other Parties (Carmen Maria Machado)
Her Body and Other Parties
34
Carmen Maria Machado
How to Breathe Underwater (Julie Orringer)
How to Breathe Underwater
35
Julie Orringer
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
36
Ray Bradbury
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (Tobias Wolff)
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
37
Tobias Wolff
In Our Time (Ernest Hemingway)
In Our Time
38
Ernest Hemingway
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
39
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jagannath
Jagannath
40
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