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Goodreads Best Short Story Collections

"Single-author short story collections." (Goodreads blurb). However, unless I'm greatly mistaken, several of these works are collections by multiple authors. Others include poetry and even novels in their completeness. But who cares?
BTW, I didn't realise that many of the books on this list are actually short story collections. If nothing else, this challenge could help you decide which works to seek out or to avoid, depending on whether you enjoy or dislike short stories.
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Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
1
J.D. Salinger
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
2
James Joyce
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
3
Flannery O'Connor
Complete Tales & Poems (Edgar Allan Poe)
Complete Tales & Poems
4
Edgar Allan Poe
Interpreter of Maladies (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Interpreter of Maladies
5
Jhumpa Lahiri
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
6
Raymond Carver
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
7
Ray Bradbury
The Complete Stories (Flanner O'Connor)
The Complete Stories
8
Flanner O'Connor
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
9
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
10
Arthur Conan Doyle
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
11
Flannery O'Connor
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov (Anton Chekhov)
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
12
Anton Chekhov
The Complete Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories
13
Franz Kafka
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths: Selected Stories and Other Writings
14
Jorge Luis Borges
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
15
Ray Bradbury
The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe
16
Edgar Allan Poe
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
17
Raymond Carver
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
18
Hans Christian Andersen
Where I'm Calling From (Raymond Carver)
Where I'm Calling From
19
Raymond Carver
Collected Stories (John Cheever)
Collected Stories
20
John Cheever
Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)
Welcome to the Monkey House
21
Kurt Vonnegut
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
22
Neil Gaiman
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
23
Jorge Luis Borges
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
24
Jhumpa Lahiri
Night Shift (Lilith Saintcrow)
Night Shift
25
Lilith Saintcrow
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
26
Sherwood Anderson
The Short Stories (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Short Stories
27
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
28
Alice Munro
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
29
Stephen King
Tales of the Unexpected (Roald Dahl)
Tales of the Unexpected
30
Roald Dahl
Jesus' Son (Denis Johnson)
Jesus' Son
31
Denis Johnson
Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
32
Neil Gaiman
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
33
Edgar Allan Poe
Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
Everything's Eventual
34
Stephen King
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
35
Shirley Jackson
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
36
Alice Munro
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
37
Haruki Murakami
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Stephen King)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
38
Stephen King
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft)
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
39
H.P. Lovecraft
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories
40
Ernest Hemingway
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