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Collections of Short Stories Everyone Should Read

As voted by Goodreads users, these are some of the greatest short story collections that everyone should check out.
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Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
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J.D. Salinger
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Edgar Allan Poe Complete Tales & Poems
2
Edgar Allan Poe
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
3
James Joyce
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
4
Flannery O'Connor
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
5
Jhumpa Lahiri
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
6
Ray Bradbury
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
7
Raymond Carver
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
8
Arthur Conan Doyle
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
9
Flannery O'Connor
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
10
Ray Bradbury
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
11
Franz Kafka
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
12
Jorge Luis Borges
Stories: Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Stories: Anton Chekhov
13
Anton Chekhov
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
14
Neil Gaiman
Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)
Welcome to the Monkey House
15
Kurt Vonnegut
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
16
Hans Christian Andersen
Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
17
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
18
Stephen King
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
19
Raymond Carver
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
20
Stephen King
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
21
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
22
Sherwood Anderson
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
23
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
24
Jhumpa Lahiri
Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
25
Neil Gaiman
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
26
Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
Everything's Eventual
27
Stephen King
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Stephen King)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
28
Stephen King
The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson
The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson
29
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
30
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
31
O. Henry
Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (H.P. Lovecraft)
Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
32
H.P. Lovecraft
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
33
Ernest Hemingway
Four Past Midnight (Stephen King)
Four Past Midnight
34
Stephen King
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
35
Haruki Murakami
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
36
Leo Tolstoy
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
37
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
38
Alice Munro
No One Belongs Here More Than You (Miranda July)
No One Belongs Here More Than You
39
Miranda July
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Sherman Alexie)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
40
Sherman Alexie
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