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Some of the Best Short Story Collections

Like the title says... These are considered some of the finest short story/inter-related story collections in print. There are plenty more that will give this batch's place-holders a run for their money, but I think these are safe among the form's top ranks. Happy reading!
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A Curtain of Green and Other Stories (Eudora Welty)
A Curtain of Green and Other Stories
1
Eudora Welty
A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Flannery O'Connor)
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2
Flannery O'Connor
Birds of America (Lorrie Moore)
Birds of America
3
Lorrie Moore
Blow-Up and Other Stories (Julio Cortázar)
Blow-Up and Other Stories
4
Julio Cortázar
Collected Stories (William Faulkner)
Collected Stories
5
William Faulkner
Cosmicomics (Calvino)
Cosmicomics
6
Calvino
Dear Life (Alice Munro)
Dear Life
7
Alice Munro
Dubliners (James Joyce)
Dubliners
8
James Joyce
Fairy Tales (Hans Christian Anderson)
Fairy Tales
9
Hans Christian Anderson
Family Ties (Clarice Lispector)
Family Ties
10
Clarice Lispector
Ficciones (Jorge Luis Borges)
Ficciones
11
Jorge Luis Borges
Nightfall and Other Stories (Isaac Asimov)
Nightfall and Other Stories
12
Isaac Asimov
Nine Stories (J.D. Salinger)
Nine Stories
13
J.D. Salinger
Red Cavalry (Isaac Babel)
Red Cavalry
14
Isaac Babel
Selected Short Stories (Guy De Maupassant)
Selected Short Stories
15
Guy De Maupassant
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick (Philip K. Dick)
Selected Stories of Philip K.Dick
16
Philip K. Dick
Sixty Stories (Donald Barthelme)
Sixty Stories
17
Donald Barthelme
Smoke and Mirrors (Neil Gaiman)
Smoke and Mirrors
18
Neil Gaiman
Someone Like You (Roald Dahl)
Someone Like You
19
Roald Dahl
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
20
Edgar Allan Poe
Tenth of December (Saunders)
Tenth of December
21
Saunders
The Bloody Chamber (Angela Carter)
The Bloody Chamber
22
Angela Carter
The Collected Stories (Grace Paley)
The Collected Stories
23
Grace Paley
The Complete Short Stories (Ernest Hemingway)
The Complete Short Stories
24
Ernest Hemingway
The Complete Short Stories (O. Henry)
The Complete Short Stories
25
O. Henry
The Complete Short Stories of Saki (H. H. Munro)
The Complete Short Stories of Saki
26
H. H. Munro
The Demon Lover (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Demon Lover
27
Elizabeth Bowen
The Garden Party and Other Stories (Katherine Mansfield)
The Garden Party and Other Stories
28
Katherine Mansfield
The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
29
Rudyard Kipling
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 (Anton Chekhov)
The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904
30
Anton Chekhov
The Lottery and Other Stories (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery and Other Stories
31
Shirley Jackson
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Franz Kafka)
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
32
Franz Kafka
The Overcoat and Other Russian Tales (Nikolai Gogol - Ukraine)
The Overcoat and Other Russian Tales
33
Nikolai Gogol - Ukraine
The Selected Stories (Mavis Gallant)
The Selected Stories
34
Mavis Gallant
The Stories of John Cheever (John Cheever)
The Stories of John Cheever
35
John Cheever
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov (Valdimir Nabokov)
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
36
Valdimir Nabokov
The Summer Book (Tove Jansson)
The Summer Book
37
Tove Jansson
The Wind's Twelve Quarters (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Wind's Twelve Quarters
38
Ursula K. Le Guin
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (Raymond Carver)
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
39
Raymond Carver
Winesburg, Ohio (Sherwood Anderson)
Winesburg, Ohio
40
Sherwood Anderson
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