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Goodreads Best Short Story Collections - Page 2

"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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The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories
41
O. Henry
Close Range: Wyoming Stories (Annie Proulx)
Close Range: Wyoming Stories
42
Annie Proulx
Civilwarland in Bad Decline (George Saunders)
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
43
George Saunders
The Arabian Nights (Anonymous)
The Arabian Nights
44
Anonymous
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
45
Leo Tolstoy
The Elephant Vanishes (Haruki Murakami)
The Elephant Vanishes
46
Haruki Murakami
Four Past Midnight (Stephen King)
Four Past Midnight
47
Stephen King
Pastoralia (George Saunders)
Pastoralia
48
George Saunders
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
49
Lorrie Moore
No One Belongs Here More Than You (Miranda July)
No One Belongs Here More Than You
50
Miranda July
The Collected Stories (Amy Hempel)
The Collected Stories
51
Amy Hempel
Drown (Junot Díaz)
Drown
52
Junot Díaz
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (Sherman Alexie)
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven
53
Sherman Alexie
Self-Help (Lorrie Moore)
Self-Help
54
Lorrie Moore
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
55
Arthur Conan Doyle
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere (Z.Z. Packer)
Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
56
Z.Z. Packer
The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis, in the Penal Colony, and Other Stories
57
Franz Kafka
Selected Stories (Guy De Maupassant)
Selected Stories
58
Guy De Maupassant
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
59
Geoffrey Chaucer
Stories of Your Life and Others (Ted Chiang)
Stories of Your Life and Others
60
Ted Chiang
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? (Raymond Carver)
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
61
Raymond Carver
The Things They Carried (Tim O'Brien)
The Things They Carried
62
Tim O'Brien
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde (Oscar Wilde)
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
63
Oscar Wilde
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
64
Angela Carter
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (Haruki Murakami)
Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman
65
Haruki Murakami
Blow-Up and Other Stories (Julio Cortázar)
Blow-Up and Other Stories
66
Julio Cortázar
How to Breathe Underwater (Julie Orringer)
How to Breathe Underwater
67
Julie Orringer
Olive Kitteridge (Elizabeth Strout)
Olive Kitteridge
68
Elizabeth Strout
Tenth of December (George Saunders)
Tenth of December
69
George Saunders
To Build a Fire and Other Stories (Jack London)
To Build a Fire and Other Stories
70
Jack London
Forty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Forty Stories
71
Donald Barthelme
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol (Nikolai Gogol)
The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol
72
Nikolai Gogol
The Thing Around Your Neck (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
The Thing Around Your Neck
73
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt (Aimee Bender)
The Girl in the Flammable Skirt
74
Aimee Bender
Just After Sunset (Stephen King)
Just After Sunset
75
Stephen King
Sixty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Sixty Stories
76
Donald Barthelme
The Aleph and Other Stories (Jorge Luis Borges)
The Aleph and Other Stories
77
Jorge Luis Borges
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs (Tobias Wolff)
In the Garden of the North American Martyrs
78
Tobias Wolff
Selected Stories (O. Henry)
Selected Stories
79
O. Henry
Collected Stories (Vladimir Nabokov)
Collected Stories
80
Vladimir Nabokov
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