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Short Stories That Are Worth Reading

These are some of the greatest written short stories that are actually worth the time of you reading them!
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
1
George Orwell
Of Mice and Men (John Steinbeck)
Of Mice and Men
2
John Steinbeck
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
3
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
4
Ernest Hemingway
Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
5
Truman Capote
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
6
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)
Metamorphosis
7
Franz Kafka
Where Do the Mice Go? (L.R.S. Jones)
Where Do the Mice Go?
8
L.R.S. Jones
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
9
James Joyce
Franny and Zooey (J.D. Salinger)
Franny and Zooey
10
J.D. Salinger
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
11
Shirley Jackson
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
12
Kate Chopin
Notes From the Underground (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
Notes From the Underground
13
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury)
The Martian Chronicles
14
Ray Bradbury
The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Leo Tolstoy)
The Death of Ivan Ilyich
15
Leo Tolstoy
The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Tell-Tale Heart
16
Edgar Allan Poe
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
17
F. Scott Fitzgerald
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
18
Raymond Carver
Runaway (Alice Munro)
Runaway
19
Alice Munro
The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry)
The Gift of the Magi
20
O. Henry
The Snows of Kilimanjaro (Ernest Hemingway)
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
21
Ernest Hemingway
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
22
Edgar Allan Poe
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (J.D. Salinger)
Raise High the Roof Beams, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
23
J.D. Salinger
The Happy Prince and Other Tales (Oscar Wilde)
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
24
Oscar Wilde
White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky)
White Nights
25
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
26
William Faulkner
The Garden Party (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party
27
Katherine Mansfield
The Most Dangerous Game (Richard Connell)
The Most Dangerous Game
28
Richard Connell
The Call of Cthulhu (H.P. Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu
29
H.P. Lovecraft
The Dead (James Joyce)
The Dead
30
James Joyce
Sanditon (Jane Austen)
Sanditon
31
Jane Austen
Kiss Kiss (Roald Dahl)
Kiss Kiss
32
Roald Dahl
Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway)
Hills Like White Elephants
33
Ernest Hemingway
For Esme With Love and Squalor (J.D. Salinger)
For Esme With Love and Squalor
34
J.D. Salinger
Shooting an Elephant (George Orwell)
Shooting an Elephant
35
George Orwell
The Swimmer (John Cheever)
The Swimmer
36
John Cheever
The Lady and the Dog (Anton Chekhov)
The Lady and the Dog
37
Anton Chekhov
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
38
Harrison Bergeron (Kurt Vonnegut)
Harrison Bergeron
39
Kurt Vonnegut
The Judgement (Franz Kafka)
The Judgement
40
Franz Kafka
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