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Nine Stories
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The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
2
Edgar Allen 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 Complete Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle)
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
8
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway
9
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor (Flannery O'Connor)
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
10
Flannery O'Connor
Everything That Rises Must Converge (Flannery O'Connor)
Everything That Rises Must Converge
11
Flannery O'Connor
The Illustrated Man (Ray Bradbury)
The Illustrated Man
12
Ray Bradbury
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka (Franz Kafka)
The Complete Stories of Franz Kafka
13
Franz Kafka
Labyrinths (Jorge Luis Borges)
Labyrinths
14
Jorge Luis Borges
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
15
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
16
Neil Gaiman
Welcome to the Monkey House (Kurt Vonnegut)
Welcome to the Monkey House
17
Kurt Vonnegut
The Complete Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Andersen)
The Complete Fairy Tales
18
Hans Christian Andersen
Where I'm Calling From
Where I'm Calling From
19
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
20
Stephen King
Cathedral (Raymond Carver)
Cathedral
21
Raymond Carver
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
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Jorge Luis Borges
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
23
Stephen King
The Stories of John Cheever
The Stories of John Cheever
24
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
25
Sherwood Anderson
Tales of the Unexpected
Tales of the Unexpected
26
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
27
Unaccustomed Earth (Jhumpa Lahiri)
Unaccustomed Earth
28
Jhumpa Lahiri
Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
Everything's Eventual
29
Stephen King
Fragile Things (Neil Gaiman)
Fragile Things
30
Neil Gaiman
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Writings
31
Edgar Allan Poe
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Stephen King)
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
32
Stephen King
The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson
The Lottery and Other Stories, Shirley Jackson
33
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage (Alice Munro)
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
34
Alice Munro
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft (Collection)
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
35
Collection
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
36
O. Henry
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
37
Ernest Hemingway
After the Quake (Haruki Murakami)
After the Quake
38
Haruki Murakami
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories
39
Leo Tolstoy
Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight
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