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Goodreads Best Short Story Collections - Page 5

"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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Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories (Philip Roth)
Goodbye, Columbus and Five Short Stories
161
Philip Roth
The Complete Short Stories (Mark Twain)
The Complete Short Stories
162
Mark Twain
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
163
Ursula K. Le Guin
Girl With Curious Hair (David Foster Wallace)
Girl With Curious Hair
164
David Foster Wallace
The Canterville Ghost & Other Stories (Oscar Wilde)
The Canterville Ghost & Other Stories
165
Oscar Wilde
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting (Milan Kundera, Trans. Michael Henry Heim)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
166
Milan Kundera, Trans. Michael Henry Heim
Stranger Than Fiction (Chuck Palahniuk)
Stranger Than Fiction
167
Chuck Palahniuk
The Periodic Table (Primo Levi)
The Periodic Table
168
Primo Levi
Rain and Other South Sea Stories (W. Somerset Maugham)
Rain and Other South Sea Stories
169
W. Somerset Maugham
The Complete Short Stories (Katherine Mansfield)
The Complete Short Stories
170
Katherine Mansfield
Don't Look Now (Daphne Du Maurier)
Don't Look Now
171
Daphne Du Maurier
Selected Short Stories (William Faulkner)
Selected Short Stories
172
William Faulkner
The Living Dead (John Joseph Adams)
The Living Dead
173
John Joseph Adams
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales (Michael Chabon)
McSweeney's Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales
174
Michael Chabon
The Love of a Good Woman
The Love of a Good Woman
175
Bloodchild and Other Stories (Octavia E. Butler)
Bloodchild and Other Stories
176
Octavia E. Butler
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories (Agatha Christie)
Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
177
Agatha Christie
Chemistry and Other Stories (Ron Rash)
Chemistry and Other Stories
178
Ron Rash
Speaking With the Angel (Nick Hornby)
Speaking With the Angel
179
Nick Hornby
Men Without Women (Ernest Hemingway)
Men Without Women
180
Ernest Hemingway
The Marquise of O- & Other Stories (Heinrich Von Kleist)
The Marquise of O- & Other Stories
181
Heinrich Von Kleist
The Nick Adams Stories (Ernest Hemingway)
The Nick Adams Stories
182
Ernest Hemingway
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories (Ambrose Bierce)
Tales of Soldiers and Civilians and Other Stories
183
Ambrose Bierce
We Love Anderson Cooper (R. L Maizes)
We Love Anderson Cooper
184
R. L Maizes
The Early Stories: 1953-1975 (John Updike)
The Early Stories: 1953-1975
185
John Updike
The Overcoat and Other Short Stories (Nikolai Gogol)
The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
186
Nikolai Gogol
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You (Amy Bloom)
A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You
187
Amy Bloom
Without Feathers (Woody Allen)
Without Feathers
188
Woody Allen
Nocturnes (John Connolly)
Nocturnes
189
John Connolly
The Birds and Other Stories (Daphne Du Maurier)
The Birds and Other Stories
190
Daphne Du Maurier
The Pugilist at Rest (Thom Jones)
The Pugilist at Rest
191
Thom Jones
Collected Stories (Raymond Chandler)
Collected Stories
192
Raymond Chandler
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories (Gabriel García Márquez)
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
193
Gabriel García Márquez
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (Norman MacLean)
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
194
Norman MacLean
Oblivion (David Foster Wallace)
Oblivion
195
David Foster Wallace
The Grass Harp, Including a Tree of Night and Other Stories (Truman Capote)
The Grass Harp, Including a Tree of Night and Other Stories
196
Truman Capote
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories (H.G. Wells)
The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories
197
H.G. Wells
The Best Short Stories (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
The Best Short Stories
198
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Kissing the Witch (Emma Donahue)
Kissing the Witch
199
Emma Donahue
Cronopios and Famas (Julio Cortázar)
Cronopios and Famas
200
Julio Cortázar
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