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Goodreads Best Short Story Collections - Page 3

"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 Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
81
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The Collected Stories (William Trevor)
The Collected Stories
82
William Trevor
Knockemstiff (Donald Ray Pollock)
Knockemstiff
83
Donald Ray Pollock
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves (Karen Russell)
St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves
84
Karen Russell
Tales of Ordinary Madness (Charles Bukowski)
Tales of Ordinary Madness
85
Charles Bukowski
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales (The Brothers Grimm)
Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales
86
The Brothers Grimm
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
87
H.P Lovecraft
Open Secrets (Alice Munro)
Open Secrets
88
Alice Munro
The Complete Stories (Truman Capote)
The Complete Stories
89
Truman Capote
Collected Stories (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
Collected Stories
90
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Collected Stories (Isaac Bashevis Singer)
The Collected Stories
91
Isaac Bashevis Singer
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Wharton)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
92
Wharton
M Is for Magic (Neil Gaiman)
M Is for Magic
93
Neil Gaiman
The Collected Stories (Arthur C. Clarke)
The Collected Stories
94
Arthur C. Clarke
In Persuasion Nation (George Saunders)
In Persuasion Nation
95
George Saunders
The Garden Party and Other Stories (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party and Other Stories
96
Katherine Mansfield
Kiss Kiss (Roald Dahl)
Kiss Kiss
97
Roald Dahl
The Night in Question (Tobias Wolff)
The Night in Question
98
Tobias Wolff
Einstein's Dreams (Alan Lightman)
Einstein's Dreams
99
Alan Lightman
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
100
Ray Bradbury
Lost in the City (Edward P. Jones)
Lost in the City
101
Edward P. Jones
The Theory of Light and Matter (Andrew Porter)
The Theory of Light and Matter
102
Andrew Porter
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
103
Alice Munro
Books of Blood (Clive Barker)
Books of Blood
104
Clive Barker
Selected Stories (Alice Munro)
Selected Stories
105
Alice Munro
Elbow Room (James Allan McPherson)
Elbow Room
106
James Allan McPherson
Too Much Happiness (Alice Munro)
Too Much Happiness
107
Alice Munro
To Begin Again (Jen Knox)
To Begin Again
108
Jen Knox
The Turn of the Screw & Other Stories (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw & Other Stories
109
Henry James
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (David Foster Wallace)
Brief Interviews With Hideous Men
110
David Foster Wallace
Billy Budd and Other Stories (Herman Melville)
Billy Budd and Other Stories
111
Herman Melville
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories
112
Truman Capote
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories (Ryūnosuke Akutagawa)
Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories
113
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Young Goodman Brown & Other Stories (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Young Goodman Brown & Other Stories
114
Nathaniel Hawthorne
I, Robot (Isaac Asimov)
I, Robot
115
Isaac Asimov
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances (Neil Gaiman)
Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances
116
Neil Gaiman
Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
Invisible Cities
117
Italo Calvino
The Awakening and Selected Stories (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening and Selected Stories
118
Kate Chopin
The Collected Stories (Eudora Welty)
The Collected Stories
119
Eudora Welty
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe and Other Stories
120
Carson McCullers
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